Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 209 Leg Shape
Of course, statements like bust size are just a joke. The trainers in the team have conducted very detailed analysis and discussions on how to try to complete "domain inheritance" with the help of Maruzenski's parallel running.

On the evening before leaving for Kasamatsu for a "hot spring vacation", the trainers held a short meeting after training to address this situation in the field.

After all, if Japanese competitions are used as a standard, there will be absolutely no problem with the strength of Oguruma and other players who have already mastered the basic skills of entering the field. What they need to consider more is the specific conditions of the field and tactical arrangements.

However, if we want to demonstrate our strength in top overseas competitions next year, it is definitely not enough if we do not further strengthen our capabilities in this field.

"At present, it should be the influence of the long-term running habit."

In the conference room borrowed from the holiday estate, Kitahara gave the opening remarks as usual.

Then he looked at Maruzenski, who was specially invited to participate in the meeting, thought for a moment, and said apologetically:

"There's a saying in the race walking community that goes 'You can tell whether you're a good runner by looking at your legs.'"

"The shape of a horse girl's legs can be used as a very important criterion to judge whether she can run well and achieve outstanding results on the track."

"To be honest, compared to Oguruma and the others, Maruzen, your legs are actually... well, not very good."

This statement is naturally directed at race walking. If we look at it from an aesthetic point of view, Maruzenski's legs do not look like they have a poor shape.

Especially these days I have been doing swimming training.

When wearing a swimsuit, all the trainers, whether it is men like Kitahara and Yusuhara, or Komiyama and Miyamura Kyoko, admit that there is nothing wrong with Maruzenski's leg shape, whether from the perspective of human aesthetics or Umamusume.

The thighs are round and strong, the calf muscles are full, the legs are slender and full of power, and you can tell at a glance that they feel extremely elastic.

The skin is also very white, and looks shiny and smooth to the naked eye. If you really touch it, your hand might slip.

But the criteria for judging are, after all, race walking rather than aesthetics like fashion shows. The people present are all excellent trainers in the industry and can easily judge that Maruzenski's leg shape is not perfect.

"Leg shape... that's true, really."

It was clear why Kitahara looked apologetic, and it seemed that the trainer was probably a little embarrassed to have his body problems pointed out, but Maruzenski didn't seem unhappy.

Not only was she not unhappy, she even crossed her legs while sitting on the chair and reached out to touch and pinch the long legs above her.

"Luduo and I usually talk about this topic, so Beiyuan, you don't have to be shy about it."

"To be honest, Luduo, Qianming, Gaofeng and the others decided from the beginning to debut as horse girls, so they received very formal and strict race walking education since they were young."

"But even though there are many horse racing girls in my family, my childhood dream was not to race or anything like that."

She suddenly smiled.

“Actually, I’ve always wanted to be a racer.”

"After participating in the competition, I feel that it is more comfortable to run at the speed of the wind with my own legs than driving a vehicle."

"So in the end I ended up pursuing a career in race walking. I just treat racing and racing as a hobby."

"Oh, that's too far."

"To put it simply, compared to Luduo and the others, my legs are not particularly good."

"They have been trained since childhood, and their leg muscle shape and strength are much prettier than mine."

"Hey, you know, like Luduo's calf muscles, they feel very comfortable to touch when they are relaxed."

"how to say……"

Amid the strange looks of her trainers, the horse girl openly talked about the feel of her friend's calves.

"It's very elastic and soft, and it shakes like jelly when you touch it."

"When it runs, it looks like water, with a strange sense of flow, which is very magical."

"If you have the chance, you must give it a try."

After making what seemed like a serious suggestion, Maruzenski smiled and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Come to think of it, the emperor's child is very similar to Luduo in some aspects."

“I always feel that seeing the emperor’s words is like seeing Luduo when he was a child.”

"It's weird... but also quite interesting."

"Well, it's decided. Find some time to try it out and see if the emperor's child's calf feels as good as Luduo's."

Maruzensky has never been serious enough in meetings.

Not only on the Eternal Team side, judging from the occasional complaints from Representative Luduo, the former also speaks his mind most of the time in meetings of the Student Union, the Board of Directors, and even the URA Association.

Seriousness seemed to be non-existent for Maruzenski.

Influenced by her personality, Kitahara also became distracted unconsciously.

It must be the same wonderful feel, after all, they are "father and son"... Oh no, in this world they should be called "mother and daughter".

But is it really that good? Just like Maruzenski described...

If this is true, it is not difficult to understand why the trainer Okino in the anime has the hobby of touching the calves of the horse girl.

Trainer Okino is the main character trainer in the anime and also the trainer of the main character group, with a lot of roles.

The most impressive thing was when he first met the protagonist of the first season of the anime, Tokai Chou, and before he even showed his face, he launched a "three-way offensive".

That is to say, from the professional perspective of a trainer, he would touch and knead Zhou's calves.

Then he was kicked in the face twice by the horse girl's foot, which was running at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour.

Being kicked in the face twice with such force and still being able to survive, it has to be said that the human physique in the world of Uma Musume is truly extraordinarily strong.

Recalling this memory, Kitahara couldn't help but think seriously about whether he had placed too much emphasis on data and logic in the past.

Perhaps, being able to touch and feel is actually a necessary quality for a trainer?
Of course, I want to do this from a professional perspective as a trainer, there is no other meaning.

After a moment of distraction, Kitahara quickly returned to the topic.

"Well, the leg shape thing... Anyway, from the current point of view, this is one of the 'compatibility' that affects 'domain inheritance'."

After briefly summarizing the previous topic, Kitahara continued, "In addition to leg shape, there are other body shape data in similar situations."

"At the moment, when it comes to race walking data, you and Xiao Haiwan are indeed closer. I think this is an important factor in her being able to 'inherit' your field by chance."

Kitahara had discussed the judgments and guesses about the inheritance field, compatibility, body shape, etc. with his colleagues, and Maruzenski was also aware of it.

Hearing this, everyone nodded, and Maruzenski became a little more serious.

"If we're talking about compatibility, I've been thinking about it these past two days, and I think the training characteristics you mentioned before and after debut should also have a very important influence."

This is another aspect of speculation about compatibility, that is, early training habits.

Now the entire industry knows that Maruzenski is an extremely legendary horse racing girl.

Many people believe that such top players must have undergone hard training since childhood, but the fact is quite the opposite.

Maruzenski himself just said that although she, like the horse girl who came from a big family like Rudo Symbol, also had a family with many members.

But when she was a child, she never even considered a career in race walking, let alone special training.

Not only did she not have much training when she was a child, she also did not undergo a long period of training before her debut.

"After I decided to debut as a horse girl, I enrolled in Central Tresen College."

With a look of nostalgia, Maruzenski said with emotion: "The test at that time was quite simple. You can pass it by simply running."

"At least that's how I was back then."

"Besides, the Central Academy had not yet built the 'Miho Dormitory Area', so I lived by myself in the 'Hongo Dormitory Apartment' next to the academy since then."

Central Teresin College now has two major dormitory areas, Miho District and Ritto District.

However, in Maruzenski’s time, the college had not yet been built to its current level, and the Miho dormitory area had not yet been completed.

Instead, a residential apartment was rented next to the college, called the "Hongo Dormitory Area."

This is also why in the game and in the reality of this world, she is different from most horse girls. She does not live with her classmates and juniors, but lives alone in an off-campus apartment.

“From the time I arrived at the Hongo dormitory, to the time I started participating in practice, to the time I played my first official game, it was only a little over three months.”

Maruzenski continued:
"It felt like I just followed the instructors and classmates for a while, then confirmed my trainer and went on stage to compete."

"And the fact that I haven't been trained very hard is that my trainer noticed that my calves were slightly outward-leaning."

"Well, it's commonly known as 'X' legs."

"I admit that this type of leg shape is not good for a horse girl."

Seeing that it was Maruzenski himself who mentioned the leg condition this time, the trainers were not as embarrassed as Kitahara just now. They all nodded with a thoughtful expression.

"X"-shaped legs do not affect the visual appearance, especially when the overall figure is graceful and slim.

Maruzenski is such an example.

However, in horse racing competitions, this type of leg shape will bring greater pressure to the calves and inner sides of the feet due to the strong pushing force, which will affect development and health in the long run.

In terms of training conditions, they even borrowed the dormitory next door. It is conceivable that both the concepts and methods at that time could not be compared with those of today.

Thus, despite the fact that the training time, intensity and conditions were not satisfactory, Maruzenski completed his debut competition and embarked on a race walking career.

That event and everything that followed are, of course, well known to everyone.

In his debut race, on the 1200-meter track, Maruzenski took the lead right from the start and maintained it until the finish line.

By the time she crossed the finish line, she had already opened up a gap of more than 10 lengths over the second place, winning by a huge margin in an astonishing victory.

Before the game, many people knew that Maruzenski's training and leg shape were not excellent, and thought that she might find it difficult to win.

This legendary debut directly broke these people's judgment and became the beginning of the legend of Maruzenski.

Putting aside the legend, these circumstances before and after the debut made Kitahara and others speculate that this is one of the reasons why Super Xiaowan and Maruzenski have a high "compatibility" and can inherit the field by coincidence.

"Since you said so, it seems that our previous guess is not a big problem."

Following Maruzenski's words, Kitahara pondered:
"Because of leg inflammation, Xiaowan didn't have any training for a long time before his debut."

"After the inflammation healed, and because of her habit during the illness, she would put her heels on the ground first."

"This way of landing will allow the entire sole of the foot to land as much as possible, thereby reducing the pressure on individual parts of the foot."

"Then it's the same as what my trainer taught me at the time."

Maruzenski nodded and said, "To avoid excessive pressure on the calves and inner sides of the feet during race walking, we must also focus on the judgment of the foothold."

"Compared like this, Xiao Haiwan's situation and my situation are quite similar. It doesn't seem to be a coincidence that she was able to 'inherit' my domain." "As for Xiao Limao and the others..."

After a brief pause, she shook her head and said, "They don't have any similar situations."

As she said, compared to Kobayashi, the debut situations of Oguruma and Mejiro Altan are different.

Although Oguruma also had foot problems, it was only a problem with her left foot, and it was resolved before her debut.

This makes her debut training very normal and the intensity is definitely not low.

At that time, before she met Kitahara, she would get up at 4 o'clock in the morning to train, and continued for a long time, until she delayed her training to 6 or 7 o'clock like other horse girls in order to adjust her physical distribution.

Mejiro Altan is in a different situation. Her feet are not strong enough, and no matter where she lands, there is a possibility that she will not be able to withstand the pressure.

After this issue was resolved, she did not deliberately adjust her settlement habits.

The situations of Tamamo Cross and Inari Ichi are even more different from that of Oguruma and the others, so it is even more difficult for them to get used to the details of Maruzenski's running.

Similar to the running habits before and after debut, there are many other aspects that cause differences between the horse girls, which also causes the progress of the "inheritance field" to be not smooth.

The gains and losses of this period were originally summarized in this post-training meeting.

The three games to be held the day after tomorrow have also been arranged during the two days of field adaptation and post-training meetings.

So now they have discussed the contents of the field clearly and made some general conclusions. Kitahara said:

"In this case, the training content in the field cannot be completed in a short time, and some adjustments will need to be made."

"On the one hand, we need to further confirm the compatibility between the horse girls. It would be best if we could ask Mejiro Takamine and Chiaki to assist on their behalf."

"If they assist in training with Maruzen, perhaps we can see if we can further verify the existing hypothesis and advance the research on 'inheritance'."

"On the other hand, we will follow the remaining part of the original plan and verify the ability of the 'segmental opening field' in the Meitetsu Cup, Chukyo Kinen, and Chukyo Championships."

At this point, Kitahara showed a relaxed expression on his face, "We were exploring the structure of this ability before we came back from Europe, and we also tried it during normal training."

“If nothing unexpected happens, this competition will be a success and the team will win the championship beautifully.”

"That's about it. Everyone go back and pack your bags. We'll go to Kasamatsu early tomorrow morning."

During the training breaks of the past week, Ogurimao had excitedly shared with his companions the matter of going to Kasamatsu to take a hot spring bath.

This horse racing girl’s idea is simple: good things are best shared with friends.

Since I feel that the hot springs in Kasamatsu are very comfortable, I should take advantage of this opportunity when everyone comes to Nagoya for special training and enjoy it together.

So, what was originally a simple agreement has now turned into a group trip to Kasamatsu.

Unlike Kitahara who is devoted to work, other trainers would take the opportunity to relax and rest after work.

For example, Komiyayama and Miyamura Kyoko, when these two girls have no training or research tasks, they will make appointments to go shopping, sing K songs, etc.

Even Yusuhara, who has the same rigid work schedule as Kitahara, likes to go to Akihabara to buy the latest games and handmade models on weekdays.

According to him, when he was studying in the UK, he would go to bars to drink with his classmates and friends after classes and research.

Not to mention Maruzenski, a horse racing girl who loves to travel around. As soon as Kitahara announced the end of the meeting, she cheered happily and left the meeting room in a flash.

However, when Komiya and the others had left, she suddenly turned back.

"Hey, Kitahara, I suddenly remembered something very interesting... Hmm? Are you still working?"

After returning to the conference room, Maruzenski found Kitahara sitting in front of the computer at his desk, typing on the mouse and keyboard, as if he was going to work overtime.

"Ah? Maruzen, why are you back?"

Kitahara said in surprise, then shook his head, "No, I didn't work overtime."

"I just downloaded some game videos so that I can watch them when I'm on the bus tomorrow or when I'm bored."

"...Isn't this what you call overtime?"

Maruzenski didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I remember Oguruma said that you promised her to have a good rest, right? Why are you still downloading the game and studying your opponent?"

"…Wait a minute, why do you think watching a game is necessarily research or work?"

Kitahara was even more surprised. He felt that he did not quite understand Maruzenski's idea, or that the other party had misunderstood him.

So he turned over the computer screen, pointed at the game video playing on it and explained:

"Your competition... I mean, isn't the Uma Musume competition supposed to be exciting?"

"If you look at it from a trainer's perspective when you're working, it's definitely overtime."

"But if I just watch it when I'm bored, isn't that relaxing?"

"I thought about it, and what Little Chestnut said is not wrong."

"I usually work diligently, so can't I watch a few more games during my break?"

"...Although, that...but..."

Kitahara's explanation did not seem to make Maruzenski feel relieved. Instead, her expression became even weirder.

"A horse racing girl trainer uses watching horse racing girls as a way to relax..."

"This sounds weird, doesn't it?"

"Well, it fits your usual image, so it doesn't matter... What game are you watching?"

Feeling that there was no need to worry about Kitahara's "hobby", Maruzenski simply focused his attention on the game video.

After all, she is a horse racing girl, and she has a natural interest in things like competitions.

"King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes."

While operating the download, Kitahara explained: "The King George VI and Elizabeth Stakes, G1 grass 2400 meters, just ended a while ago."

"The King's Trophy?"

Maruzenski was stunned for a moment, then showed a thoughtful expression, "It feels a bit familiar, as if someone mentioned it..."

Unable to remember where she had heard it before, she frowned slightly.

"Tony Bianca or Moonlight Madness."

Kitahara said casually: "They both said before that they would participate in this competition."

"And that exchange match between Ye Sen and them was originally a preparation for this match."

"Especially the Moonlight Madness, she will definitely participate."

The game was not very long, it was over in two or three minutes, but Kitahara found the complete video of that day, which took several hours to download and took a lot of time.

So he simply explained to Maruzenski, who had a look of sudden enlightenment:

"This race is held at Ascot, which was managed by the late husband of the Duke of Lavinia. The Duke herself also attended the coronation ceremony of King George VI of England."

"So from any perspective, Moonlight Madness is definitely not something you can miss."

"Oh? Does that mean this game will be intense?"

Maruzenski suddenly became interested, "Who won? Moonlight Madness? Or Tony Bianca?"

"Uh...neither..."

The game on the screen has not ended yet, but Kitahara, who has watched it many times, already knows the result.

"Mtoto, the Japanese translation should be 'Toto', the champion with a 2-length advantage."

This horse racing girl is not mentioned in the game, but if you know about horse racing or have played the game "Horse Racing Tycoon", you will definitely not be unfamiliar with her.

Simply put, many players were fooled by this horse when they confidently took the triple crown or undefeated horses bred in Japan to Europe.

A series of buffs such as double evaluation circles, no adverse characteristics, overseas expeditions, ghost feet, root-trunk distance, etc. are maxed out.

I am determined to win the Eclipse Stakes, Emperor's Trophy and Arc de Triomphe!

Wait! Mtoto?!
Cardiopulmonary arrest.

This is how powerful this horse was in history, and the reason why Tony Bianca was able to win the title of European Horse of the Year later was closely related to his victory over Toto in the subsequent Arc de Triomphe.

"That horse racing girl..."

Maruzenski was a little surprised for a moment, then he paused, "Well, I've heard of her. If it's her, it's not surprising that she won this game."

"Yes, for the champions of last year's and this year's Eclipse Tournament, it is very difficult to defeat such an opponent."

After making a brief comment, Kitahara sighed again, "Tony Bianca almost risked her life this time."

"Because during the post-match examination, she was found to have a minor foot injury."

"If we can't win at this level, there's nothing we can do about it."

When giving comments on this occasion, Kitahara was completely in a mindset other than that of a trainer, and he didn't think about anything like professionalism.

Because of this, he suddenly remembered that he wanted to ask Maruzenski why he turned back in the first place.

"By the way, did you forget something here?"

"Ah? That's not the case..."

Although he focused on the game for a while, Maruzenski did not forget his purpose.

However, when she brought up the original topic again, perhaps due to the influence of the competition, she was not as enthusiastic.

"I was originally thinking of asking you if you would like to take this opportunity to take a dip in the hot spring and try to touch the calves of Oguruma and the others."

"I always feel that you are always so serious. Maybe playing some pranks like this on you will help to alleviate your dull old man's personality."

"But, alas..."

She suddenly sighed, spread her hands, and felt helpless.

"Judging from the fact that you choose to watch the game as a form of entertainment when you want to relax, you are hopeless."

"Just pretend I didn't say anything."

"Even if I play a prank on you, you'll probably think of it as a game or practice anyway."

(End of this chapter)