Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 212: Changing the Horse Racing Girl World in Japan
After they got together again in Kasamatsu, they naturally asked each other about their recent situation.

Previously, through phone calls and video calls, Ogurumao and Shining Glory had already learned about Fujimasa March’s plans for the second half of the year.

At that time, she said that she had discussed with her trainer and wanted to move to the central government like Oguruma and Kitahara to participate in higher-level competitions.

At this time, she had successfully transferred to Central Tresen College as she had said, and won a huge reward.

"The Unicorn Championship, G3, just last month."

Walking slowly along the road in the riverside park, holding a cup of normal-sized honey drink, Fujimasa's smile carried some confidence and fighting spirit.

"It should be when Oguri and Kouki went to Europe. I calculated the time and my match was around that week."

On the phone, she had learned that her two friends were going to Europe.

"Oh! March is awesome, the G3 big prize champion is really strong!"

Without even having time to drink the 4x honey special drink that he was holding in one hand, Xiao Limao quickly freed his mouth and praised sincerely, "I have also participated in many big rewards, and the opponents in the center are all very strong."

"Actually, I don't really want to be told this by you, a horse girl who has won 16 out of 16 games and won two championships without a loss."

Responding with a bit of emotion, March held his forehead and said, "How should I put it? Even in a small place like Kasamatsu, you are well-known."

"When you were buying drinks just now, didn't the boss recognize you?"

This was just a little episode when buying drinks.

The owner of the store was just following his work instinct at first and quickly handed out two large extra-large drinks. Then he recognized Oguruma and asked for his autograph.

"Yeah, I don't understand how I was recognized."

Xiao Limao was a little confused.

"Need I say that? I just said that you are very famous now."

With a complex mixture of admiration and memories in his eyes, Fujimasa March sighed, "Whether it's the Gaoyue Sho, the Japanese Derby, or all the other events."

"As long as you are participating, whether it is here in Kasamatsu or elsewhere, various reports will be broadcast non-stop like a festival."

"For example, the Meitetsu Cup you're going to participate in tomorrow, the entire Nagoya media is promoting it with 100% enthusiasm."

"If you don't know, you might think the Chrysanthemum Festival for the final battle of the Classic Triple Crown is about to begin."

"Of course, you don't know this. I guess you are only focused on the game."

Seeing that Oguruma looked confused as he expected, March couldn't help but laugh, and his tone became joking.

"That's why I said that. If I didn't know that you have such a careless personality, I would have thought you were joking when you were praised by such a powerful and famous horse girl like you."

"I didn't mean that. I really think you're amazing, March."

Oguruma explained very seriously, "Because Kitahara always told me that even though I have won many competitions and have not lost in an official competition, there will always be strong opponents."

"And during normal practice, I can't always outrun Xiao Haiwan and the others."

"There was also an exchange competition when I went to Europe. I tried my best in that competition, but I still lost in the end."

"I mean, it's really amazing to win a competition, especially one with a big reward."

"Is that so..."

Fujimasa was stunned. She murmured, "Your trainer is really outstanding. He has a reputation that is not inferior to yours, but he is still so cautious..."

She was indeed a little surprised, and also felt a little uneasy.

When she was still in Kasamatsu, she entered Kasamatsu Tresen Academy together with Oguruma. At that time, everyone was more optimistic about her at the beginning, both in school and on the field.

Even though Oguruma has gradually won many victories, there are still many people who believe that she is a strong opponent of Oguruma.

Such voices no longer exist. She did win a G3, but other than that her results in central tournaments were mediocre.

Comparing the two sides, naturally no one would deliberately compare her with Oguruma.

The difference between before and after was one of the reasons why she was surprised and uneasy.

Watching my former rival gradually drifting away from me, and gradually I could only chase after his back, this feeling and emotion is still very subtle and complicated.

Another reason is Oguruma's current mentality, or the teachings of her trainer.

March once thought that for a horse girl like Oguruma who already had an illustrious record and a great reputation, it would be hard for her not to be proud of her achievements, and that her words and deeds might have changed greatly.

Especially since the other party, like herself, was also a horse girl who transferred from the local area to the central government.

After she went to Central Tresen Academy, she met many horse girls who were similar to herself and Oguruma.

The vast majority of them cannot achieve any success in the central competitions where strong players gather. Even a considerable number of them have to return to their hometowns not long after transferring to the central level because they cannot bear the high-intensity competitions, more rigorous training, and their own psychological gap.

People like Oguruma, who not only ran from the local level to the central level but also demonstrated absolute suppressive power in the central level, are actually outliers among outliers.

This proves that in competitions of this level, as Oguruma said, winning is great, and it also makes it easy for many horse girls to become proud once they win a big prize at the central level.

March can understand why those horse girls become proud. After all, it is indeed a proof of achievement, and a valuable proof at that.

But knowing a horse girl who truly had the right to be proud, and having fought face to face with such a terrifying guy on the track, she knew very well that no matter how good the other horse girls were, she had no right to be proud until she could match them.

As a result, she didn't expect that the guy she should be most proud of not only did not change his personality, but was still as natural and careless as he once knew.

And gluttony.

"Well...I've finished drinking."

Shaking the extra-large drink that had been emptied at some point, Oguruma showed a look of regret and longing. She glanced towards the drink shop that was already far away, then looked at her friends and hesitated.

"Um... I want to go back and buy two more cups. Does anyone of you want more?"

"Puchi - no need, Xiaoli, if you want to drink, I'll go back with you to buy it."

Fujimasa March couldn't help but laugh when he saw his friend looking the same as always.

The Noren Ace and the others on the side also laughed happily and expressed their willingness to accompany Oguruma back.

Brand New Glory dissuaded him with a bit of amusement.

"Don't drink so much, Xiaoli."

She pointed in the direction she came from, "Aren't Aunt White Jewel and the others already making lunch?"

"If I drink too much and can't eat at noon, my aunt will be sad."

"Although for you, there may not be a situation where you can't eat."

"That's true... Oh, by the way, let's all go to my house for lunch."

Suddenly showing a happy smile, Oguruma held a large empty bottle in one hand and made a big circle with his arms. "Mom came back from Tokyo to Kasamatsu specifically to move. The new house is quite big."

She made another large circle.

"Then there was a huge 'Chestnut' sent to my house by a fan."

"I wanted to tell you when I first saw you, but I forgot when I saw the huge honey drink."

"Let's go and see 'Lisla' together!" She became excited.

"Super big... 'Chizilla'?"

The march confused them.

"What is that? Oh, by the way, speaking of 'Lisla'..."

Ace Norn was confused at first, but then he became a little proud, "Don't you have a 'cute monster' doll, Oguri?"

"I have collected all the dolls from all series!"

“Including collector’s limited editions!”

"Every time the dolls are released, I will go to Tokyo to queue up. Now I have a complete set of dolls at home. When can you go and see them?"

Upon hearing this, before Oguruma could say anything, the other two friends expressed their dissatisfaction as if jokingly.

"Wow, that's too much, Noren. You usually don't let us see your dolls."

"Yeah, yeah, is it that only Xiaoli can go and see it? Isn't that too biased?"

Ace Noren became irritated by Rudy Lemo and Mini Lady's complaints.

"Hey, it's obvious that when you guys go to my house and see those dolls, you can't help but want to sneak them away, right?"

With his hands on his hips and eyes wide open, Ace Norn was dissatisfied, "We clearly agreed to queue up together to buy Oguri's dolls, but in the end I went alone many times."

"You all know that limited edition collector's editions are not allowed to be purchased on behalf of others. If you didn't go, there's nothing I can do."

After these words were spoken, Rudy Lemo and Mini Lady were left scratching their heads in embarrassment.

"Well... that can't be helped. I'm going to other places to compete with my trainer."

"Me too... How about we not talk about this anymore, let's just go to Oguri's house and play. Besides, didn't Oguri say that her team is going to the hot springs in the afternoon? Why don't we go too?"

The purpose of this meeting was to chat and travel around, and after they all had the idea of ​​going to Oguruma's new home, several horse girls walked over chatting and laughing.

Along the way, Oguruma was very curious about the doll that Noren Ace and the others were talking about.

After asking, she realized that these friends have now become her fans. Not only do they watch every one of her games in time and even go to the scene, they also buy a lot of various doll peripherals.

Even on the surface, it seems that only Ace of Nolen, Rudy Lemo and Mini Lady, like many fanatical fans, would stay up all night to queue up to buy the collector's edition dolls.

In fact, the same is true of the Fujimasa March.

She seemed to have no idea about this topic, but Noren Ace directly revealed that after March went to Tokyo, he took advantage of the convenience of the location and often went to nearby stores or claw machines, and collected a lot of Ogurtana dolls.

Such a revelation naturally made March's pretty face blush, and other friends couldn't help but make fun of her.

Not only does he collect dolls, Ace Noren also mentioned inadvertently that the reason why his friends can be what they are now is because of Ogurt.

Although they are both from Kasamatsu, their achievements in the competition are different. They all understand that even in Central Tresen Academy and even in the world, Oguruma is a top genius.

But it is also for the same reason that they very much hope that they can follow in their friends' footsteps and strive to make every race a race without regrets and for the audiences who love themselves and Uma Musume to be happy.

For this reason, the Fujimasa March will move to the center like the Oguruma, seeking a broader stage.

The Noren Ace team does not have that kind of strength, but now, under the leadership of their trainer, they are traveling to various local competitions outside of Kasamatsu, hoping to fight with more opponents and have a better performance.

The same is true of the atmosphere at Kasamatsu Academy.

With outstanding classmates and seniors like Oguruma, the lax atmosphere that was everywhere on campus in the past is now becoming less and less common, and the perfunctory attitude towards competitions and training is gradually being replaced by seriousness and hard work.

"It can be said that it was you, Oguri, who changed Kasamatsu. You can even say that you changed the world of horse racing girls in Japan."

Speaking of this, Ace Norn lost his previous relaxed and joking tone and said seriously: "Of course, you may not feel anything. I always feel that with your personality, apart from training and competition, there is nothing else worth paying attention to."

"Oh, that's not the case. We still have to eat, hehe."

She added, once again with a joking tone, "But anyway, more and more local Umamusumes are heading to the central area, and the atmosphere of hard work is getting stronger in local academies like Kasamatsu. There are also many, many changes."

"If you think about it carefully, it's all related to Oguri."

After saying this, the topic returned to topics such as dolls and games.

However, in such a cheerful atmosphere, Oguruma had a dazed look on his face and was lost in thought, which was very rare.

When several horse girls arrived at Oguruma's new home, there was still some time before lunch, but there were quite a few members of the Eternal Team here, and it took a long time just to introduce them to each other.

Especially when the March girls met Maruzenski, they became very reserved all of a sudden, and the latter had to spend a lot of effort to make them less cautious.

After all, for Oguruma and the others, they only felt the power of seniors like Maruzenski, who are powerful, famous, and have extraordinary status.

After training together for a long time, they had long regarded Maruzenski as a simple senior and friend, without too many thoughts about him.

But it is different for March and the others. On a daily basis, they have no chance of coming into contact with horse girls of Maruzenski's level. Even if they see them, it is mostly through TV.

Coupled with the awe and respect that people have developed from seeing and hearing it, it is only natural that they would be cautious and careful after seeing it with their own eyes.

It was precisely in such an incident that no one paid special attention to the abnormality of Oguruma's thoughts, especially when it came to dinner, her appetite was as amazing as usual, so even fewer people noticed it.

It was not until they went to the hot spring in the afternoon that Shiraishi, as a mother, noticed her daughter's abnormality when she was changing into a yukata in the locker room.

"What's wrong, Xiao Lili, are you troubled by something?"

Purposely staying at the end of the group heading to the women's pool, and after motioning for his daughter to join him, White Jewel said softly, "Are you unhappy with your recent training, or is there something wrong with tomorrow's game?"

"Ah... it shouldn't be these, I think..."

Facing his mother's concern, Xiao Limao hesitated, scratched his head and thought for a while, first told her what he heard from his friend today, then hesitantly said:
"I don't know what happened."

“But I always feel that after listening to what the marchers said, I think I may need to work harder and perform better in the competition.”

"In that case, I would like to consult with Kitahara and see if there is a better way to perform in tomorrow's game, but..."

She scratched her head again.

"Before I came here, I told Kitahara again that I hope he can have a good rest today."

"I don't know what's going on with me, and I don't know whether I should ask him..."

(End of this chapter)