Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 210 Moving
Kitahara felt that Maruzenski was right. When he heard the joke, he actually thought carefully about whether touching the horse girl's calf was a necessary professional requirement.

After all, that's how it's portrayed in anime, so maybe this behavior is really necessary.

After just joking, Maruzenski quickly turned his attention to the game video.

Influenced by Kitahara, she also felt that watching the game on the way to Kasamatsu or at other times when she was bored was a good choice.

This made Kitahara feel like he had found a kindred spirit, so he recommended a lot of events to him and even shared the ones saved on his mobile phone and tablet.

As a trainer, the number of games he has saved can be described as massive, but when it comes to recommendation preferences, it is still the "Triple Crown" series of various countries or regions.

He has preserved all the video recordings of the past events, such as Japan's Satsuki Sho, Japan Derby, and Kikuka Sho, America's Kentucky Derby, Priligy Stakes, and Belmont Stakes, HK's Directors' Cup, HK Gold Cup, and HK Champions Cup.

Especially considering that Maruzenski was born in the UK, he also specially recommended the British Triple Crown video of 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes, and Maruzenski also gladly accepted it.

The next day, when the entire team borrowed the resort's bus to head to Kasamatsu, Oguruma and the others sat in the front seats of the bus excitedly talking about the upcoming hot spring trip.

Kitahara and Maruzenski were sitting in the back seat, watching the video they had downloaded earlier.

"You should be familiar with this year's competition, right?"

As he watched, Kitahara suddenly smiled and said, "Nijinsky's Triple Crown."

"The British Triple Crown schedule is not a physical problem for horse racing girls. After all, you have to run three races in five consecutive weeks. Only the United States has such an outrageous schedule."

"But the 1600 Guineas is 2400 metres, the Epsom Derby is 2800 metres and the St. Leger's is metres."

"This simply requires horse racing girls to have absolute dominance in the three races of mile, middle distance and long distance in order to win the British Triple Crown."

“To be honest, if we really look at the results, as long as the physique is strong enough, it might be easier to win three consecutive American Triple Crown games in five weeks.”

"Kentucky, Priligy, and Belmont are all mid-range games, after all."

“But the schedules for the British Triple Crown are all different, which makes it more difficult.”

"Or the result. The British Triple Crown has a long history, but there hasn't been a Triple Crown horse girl in the past decade or so. The most recent one is Nijinsky."

"If you go back further, you have to go back to Balham several decades ago."

As the competition system requires extremely wide adaptability to distances, ranging from 1600m to 2800m, the British Triple Crown is too difficult to achieve.

Distance adaptability is the most difficult ability to improve. If it is just a single quality such as physical strength or speed, it can be improved through a lot of targeted practice.

But distance adaptability is an all-round comprehensive quality. Short, English, medium and long distances have different requirements for the horse girls’ abilities, training levels, talents and even body shapes.

Often a horse girl can only perform at her best within a certain distance, and it is difficult to win beyond this range.

For example, there are many typical examples in Japan.

For example, Silent Suzuka, the adaptability range of her prototype horse is actually not wide. It is generally believed that she has extremely strong performance in the distance of 2000 meters to 2200 meters, especially in the escape running method, and her advantages can be fully exerted at this distance.

The most obvious one was the Daily Crown, when that match was finally decided, both visually and post-match data showed that the final foot speed of the Condor's last three waves was faster.

If the race had been 100 meters longer, the result might have been different.

A similar situation happened in the 1989 Japan Cup when Oguri finished the race in the same time as the champion of that race, Hollis, and her final leg speed was also better.

However, in terms of schedule management, due to too few matches against foreign players, even with the experience of the Japan Cup, Oguri still habitually overtakes with the big outside lane.

This means that in terms of actual distance, she runs a little further than her opponent.

The fundamental reason for this is that the distance that Oguri is best at is the mile race of about 1600 meters, rather than the middle distance of 2400 meters.

To generalize a little more, for example, Sakura Jinwang, who is at the top level in short distance, and Mi Yu, who is at the top level in long distance, they can be said to have extremely strong abilities in the distances they are best at, but their performance in competitions other than these is hard to describe.

Against this backdrop, the British Triple Crown, which requires adapting to three events: mile, middle distance and long distance, is indeed very difficult to achieve.

In fact, in Kitahara's memory, not only has there been no British Triple Crown horse girls or British Triple Crown horses in recent decades, there have also been no British Triple Crown horses in the next few decades.

The reason why Nijinsky's British Triple Crown event is mentioned specifically is very simple. The prototype horse is Maruzensky's father in another world.

Of course, in the world of Uma Musume, the former is the latter’s predecessor in the family.

After all, the actual age difference between the two horse girls is only 7 years. No matter how you look at it, it is impossible for them to be a "father and son" or "mother and daughter". It is more in line with the situation in this world to say that they are sisters.

"Oh, old Ski, I must have seen her triple crown."

Kitahara looked odd at this casual remark, but Maruzenski was oblivious. "When I was little, my family wanted me to go into race walking, and the first event I watched was the Triple Crown event of old Ski."

"But I didn't have that idea at that time. I just took a look and thought it was amazing."

"After careful study, I realized that Old Ski's talent is much stronger than mine. If she hadn't passed her prime, I would definitely not be able to outrun her."

"If she were at the same level now as she was back then... Hey? Kitahara, why do you have that expression?"

She finally noticed that Kitahara looked strange.

"Uh... I always feel that the term 'Old Ski' is weird..."

Kitahara was speechless.

You should know that the term "Old Ski" or "Old Driver" is generally used by game and horse racing fans to refer to Maruzen Ski.

Not only because her name contains the word "ski", but also because many of the horse girls in the project are her "descendants".

As for the prototype horse, Maruzenski is the father of Sakura Chiyoou, the grandfather of Tebi Zhou, Mi Yu, and Victory Ticket, and the great-grandfather of Zhen Jiling.

Even Super Cove and Yae Invincible are Maruzenski's nephews.

In short, titles like "old driver" and "grandfather" are not groundless for Maruzenski. Even in the plot of the mobile game, Zhen Jiling directly calls him "grandfather".

Knowing the background of the other world, Kitahara couldn't help feeling speechless when he heard "Old Driver Benma" call another horse racing girl "Old Ski".

"What's so strange about that? That's what everyone in the family calls her."

However, Maruzenski himself did not think there was anything wrong with it. Instead, he explained naturally, "Because my name also has 'ski' in it, so when my family members call us two, they differentiate them to avoid confusion."

"People usually call her 'Old Ski' or 'Old Driver'. For me, I call her 'Little Ski' or 'Little Driver'."

The name "Little Ski" made Kitahara suddenly feel that the horse racing girl in front of him was cute, but he still felt a little strange.

"...Do your British families also like to play with this kind of homophonic pun? I thought only Rudolf's family had this hobby."

He couldn't help but complain.

"Likes for bad jokes and puns are just Luduo's own hobbies. Her family members are not like that. Doesn't the symbol of Sirius also have such hobbies?"

After explaining with a smile, Maruzenski said:

"And my family's name is not a pun, it's mainly due to the sponsorship of Ferrari in recent years." "Do you know Enzo Ferrari? He is the founder of the Ferrari sports car company. He and his family like Uma Musume racing very much."

"Then there is a little detail in the racing world, that is, the color of the latest Ferrari car every year is the winning uniform color of the European representative horse of that year."

"Ski's dominance was unquestionable. The Ferrari color scheme of that year was the color scheme of her winning uniform."

"In the past two years, Ferrari has also launched the Verde Medio Nijinsky model to commemorate the occasion. The color scheme has also been changed based on that of the year, but overall there haven't been many changes."

When it comes to racing, Maruzenski knows everything about it.

"I think this car is still very fashionable. The color is a rare blue, because the name of the model means 'the blue in Nijinsky'."

"Double-layer cyan metallic paint, Grigio Silverstone Opaco for the exterior, Count Prestige leather for the interior, a woven pattern similar to BV for the center seats and door handles, and teak for the wood."

“It can be said that this sports car perfectly interprets the essence of Tailor Made!”

Her eyes flashed with longing, then regret.

"Unfortunately, I still prefer red to blue."

"Besides, this car is for Old Ski. It would be quite expensive if purchased separately."

"I have no plans to change my car for now, so I'll just borrow one when I have the chance to race and have fun."

As Beiyuan has never had any pursuit for material things, it is possible that he knows nothing about luxury goods such as sports cars. He did not understand the part about sports cars at all.

However, he understood that the racing girls of the "Ski family" seemed to be very keen on sports cars.

It seems that Nijinsky, who must have retired by now, probably had racing and drag racing as her hobby. I don't know how much of her prize money she saved was spent on fines for violating British traffic regulations.

Kitahara and Maruzenski were chatting all the way in the back, and the bus arrived in Kasamatsu unknowingly.

The vehicle did not stop at the two-story residential apartment that Kitahara or Oguruma were familiar with, but instead came to a high-rise building that looked very high-end.

Gifu Prefecture, where Kasamatsu is located, is developing very well. It is one of the three major metropolitan areas in Japan and a part of the Nagoya metropolitan area.

This place is famous for its forging industry, and its products are sold throughout Japan. It has a population of several million, so it can be said to be very prosperous.

However, Kasamatsu has a lot of room for development. Not only is the population sparse in the entire region, but its pillar industries are also primary industries such as agriculture, fisheries, and forestry.

If you make a living from farming, fishing and forestry, you will have no problem with food and clothing, but it is still difficult to be extremely wealthy, whether it is the official or private sector.

Take the Kasamatsu Stadium as an example. This is where Oguruma made her debut. Kitahara is very familiar with Oguruma and Shining Glory.

I was so familiar with the scene that there was a pair of cat paw prints on the cement floor at the entrance to the stadium. I remembered these details very clearly.

However, the pair of cat paw prints were left when the stadium was built 50 years ago, which means that the entire stadium has not been renovated in 50 years.

It is absolutely impossible for stadiums in areas such as Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Nagoya to not have been renovated for decades.

Not only are central-level venues inspected and corrected every year, but if there is even the slightest area that needs improvement, human and material resources will be invested immediately. This is something small places can never compare to.

This shows the development and economic level of Kasamatsu.

Against this backdrop, there are very few high-rise buildings in Kasamatsu, and they are only found in a few key development zones.

For example, in front of us, there are buildings dozens of meters high, people in suits going in and out of the buildings, and high-end vehicles coming back and forth at the entrance of the high-rise area.

Not only is this inconsistent with the past impression of this place by people from Kasamatsu such as Kitahara, but more importantly, it is completely different from the familiar home of Oguruma.

"That's strange, why did the car stop here?"

After training in Kasamatsu for a while, Tamamo Cross and the others had visited Oguruma's house, so they immediately sensed something was wrong.

"I'm just asking, is there something wrong? Where's the driver? Did he drive to the wrong place? Where's Komiya-san? What's going on?"

After saying this in confusion, seeing that Ogururo, Shining Glory, and Little Bay beside him all looked confused, Tamamo Cross couldn't help but turn around and look at his trainer.

"This... I don't know either. The trip was arranged by my senior brother... Oh, yeah, where is my senior brother?"

Komiya quickly looked around for Kitahara.

"Oh, that's right."

Beiyuan had already asked the driver and also learned about the situation from Bai Baozhu in advance, but due to a momentary negligence, he forgot to explain it to everyone before getting on the car.

"Oguruma has moved now. Of course, both Oguruma and Ogururo Roman were busy with training before and didn't pay much attention to this matter."

"Hey? Moving?"

Xiao Limao was stunned, then she scratched her head and revealed a look of realization, "Oh, yeah, mom seemed to have called me once and said she was moving or something."

"She came back from Tokyo because of this incident as well."

"but……"

She scratched her head again, "I didn't ask specifically what happened..."

Hearing this, Kitahara smiled helplessly and was about to explain, but Oguri Roman, who had been looking at the building in front of him curiously, took over.

"My sister usually pays attention to the training, so it's normal that she didn't ask in detail."

After saying this with a smile and comforting him, Oguri Roman gradually showed an expression of admiration.

"It's because my sister is becoming more and more powerful and famous that White Jewel's mother wants to move."

"…Does this have anything to do with moving…?"

Little Chestnut was confused.

"It's very simple. If I become powerful and famous, there will be many fans who want to come and see me."

Nodding as a matter of course, Oguri Roman smiled and said, "Not only do they want to see my sister, but they also want to see White Jewel's mother."

"When I was still in Tokyo, my mother heard that strangers often visited my old apartment building. They must be my fans."

"Then mom thought that there should be a time for my sister to return to Kasamatsu, like now to rest and relax."

"It would be bad if too many strangers came and affected my sister's life and competitions."

"So my mother discussed it with Aunt Xiaonan and used the money my sister sent back to buy a new house here."

"The security measures here are excellent. This way, Sister won't have to worry about being disturbed when she comes back."

(End of this chapter)