Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 225 Tracking
Kitahara actually paid attention to what Super Bay mentioned.

But perhaps it was clear from his impression that neither Miura Bourbon nor Miyu were the horse girls who particularly liked to actively interact with others, so he didn't care too much.

Now that he thought about it, these two horse girls were actually still young, not as old as he remembered, and he couldn't judge their personalities based on past memories.

Especially since I've been planning to talk more with the horse racing ladies about things other than racing, if I talk more with the two new guys, maybe it will make them more cheerful.

"Thanks for the reminder, Little Bay."

After thinking for a while, Kitahara nodded and smiled: "You are right. Helping them to better join the training and integrate into your daily life is indeed what I, as a trainer, should do."

Then, he walked towards the corner of the dining table while thinking about how to invite them.

Originally, he thought that it might be difficult to invite people like Miura Bourbon and Miyu, who rarely talked or interacted with others, to go out together.

In the few short steps towards the end, he had come up with several ways to invite him.

However, he did not expect that as soon as he mentioned the proposal to go out, he received a positive response.

"Target confirmed. We are heading to the Transportation Department to investigate the road conditions for the race. Master Kitahara, please lead the way."

"Hey? Are you going to the Transportation Bureau? Ok, ok, Mi Yu will be careful and won't cause any trouble..."

The invitation process went unexpectedly smoothly, which surprised Kitahara. At the same time, it also made it clear to him that communication with Uma Musume was not limited to training and competitions.

In particular, the timeline of this world and various events have been developing further and further away from my memory.

It is easy to imagine that even if the goals, dreams, abilities and other aspects of the horse racing girls in memory have not changed much, many details will definitely be different from the parallel world.

For example, the running styles and strengths of Miura Bourbon and Miyu are very different from what he remembers. There are also subtle differences in their personalities, speech and behavior styles, etc.

So as a trainer, it is necessary to spend more time on these aspects, and even go a step further to get to know them again.

The team training camp is located on the seaside outside the city, while Nagoya's Transportation Bureau is located in the city, so the distance between them is quite far.

In order to facilitate the investigation, Kitahara finally decided to borrow a car from the resort and take the two horse girls to the city.

However, what Beiyuan and the others did not notice was that when their car was driving out of the manor on the road, about ten seconds later, a car that also seemed to be going to the city slowly caught up.

The car that followed was filled with conversations in strange tones.

"Hey, Luduo, you really know this trainer Beiyuan. How did you know that he would not stay at the beach today but go to the city?"

The one who spoke was Katsuragi's Ace, who had just met with Kitahara and others yesterday.

She sat in the back seat of the vehicle, suppressing a horse girl next to her in an obvious clamping posture, while looking at the driver's seat in front with a curious expression.

The person being suppressed by her was Maruzenski. This horse racing girl's eyes lit up before she got on the car, and she rushed to grab the driver's seat almost in the blink of an eye.

However, they are all horse girls who have experienced her racing speed, or have been persecuted by her racing.

Whether it was the Katsuragi ace, Chiaki representative, or Mejiro Takamine, at that moment they all performed in perfect harmony at a speed comparable to that in the arena.

Relying on their greater numbers and strength, they grabbed Maruzenski before she was about to touch the driver's door, and forcibly pulled her back and stuffed her into the back seat.

Then, Ace Katsuragi and Chiaki were the representatives looking at her from the left and right, while Mejiro Takamine was quite cooperative and occupied the passenger seat which was the second closest to the steering wheel.

As for the one in the driver's seat, it was the object of Katsuragi's Ace's questioning, the symbol of Ludo.

"Kitahara is a person who can't sit still at all. He is also a person who is full of passion for Umamusume, that is, us, which is unimaginable to ordinary people. You can even say that he is fanatical."

Holding the steering wheel steadily with both hands, and looking at a car more than 100 meters ahead, Lu Duo did not even look in the rearview mirror, and explained in a deep voice without turning his head:
"From what I understand, he doesn't seem to have any other hobbies or interests besides paying attention to the training and competitions of the horse girls."

"Even during his downtime between races, he would spend his time watching race videos, horse racing girl magazines, or interacting with some very talented horse racing girls."

"Just like after the Gaoyue Award, even Chairman Akikawa advised him to have a good rest and even ordered him to give himself a day off."

"In the end, he went to Hokkaido saying he was traveling, but when he came back, he brought his child, Tejo Zhou, with him."

"I've looked up the child's information and watched some of her training. I can definitely say that she has the potential to lead a generation."

"It's not hard to imagine that Kitahara's so-called travel might have started with the idea of ​​looking for that child."

At this point, Luduo pursed his lips symbolically, looking a little distressed and puzzled, and the same was true of his subsequent tone.

"It's strange how he did it, though. He obviously hasn't had direct contact with many horse girls, but he can judge the other party's talent immediately."

"But I have seen similar abilities to identify talents in some trainers. I can only say that Kitahara has this talent as well."

"In short, such a person, a trainer, is very passionate about horse racing girls and is used to arranging things in advance."

"That relay race that seemed to be mentioned casually may have been planned in advance, and once it is confirmed, it will be implemented immediately."

"If you think about it this way, he obviously won't rest today and will definitely investigate and analyze the competition venue."

Ludo's analysis is somewhat detective-like. Although it is full of speculations, there are no major logical problems.

More importantly, she drove with a group of friends and colleagues and waited, and the expected result appeared.

"So you had expected us to wait here? Really, if that's the case, why didn't you tell me earlier? I thought you were crazy."

The only person who would be so outspoken about the symbol of Rudo is Katsuragi Ace, who is of the same generation and has a casual personality.

After complaining slightly, she started joking again.

“But I still think your approach is weird.”

"The student council president of Central Tresen College actually drove a car with a group of horse girls to follow a trainer."

"Knowing is thinking you want to get to know that trainer better."

"If I didn't know you, I would think you were some twisted pervert."

“Katsuragi…!”

Katsuragi Ace's words naturally made Luduo Symbol very embarrassed. What the former said was exactly one of the reasons why she came to Nagoya.

In the eyes of the school, the student council, and especially in the eyes of her as the student council president, Kitahara is an extremely special trainer.

If I had to describe it, this trainer is like an "outlier" of this generation. Anyone in the industry or horse racing girls can tell he's different at a glance. This doesn't mean he's crazy about horse racing girls. In fact, there are trainers who act like crazy people, and some are even worse.

What Luduo symbolizes as an "outlier" is more about the various surprises that Kitahara brings to people in training and competition.

Perhaps it was a bit of an underestimation of the local trainers, but after a long period of investigation and analysis by Luduo, he did think that Beiyuan and other local trainers were not on the same level at all, or even on the same plane.

Even compared with his uncle Rokuhei Ginjiro.

He made his mark all the way from Kasamatsu to Tokyo, and even after arriving in Tokyo he continued to display incredible talent.

And whether it is the trainer himself, the team, or the horse girls in the team, their performance is far superior to that of other Japanese trainers and horse girls.

This is not only unique in this generation, but has never happened before in the history of Japanese horse racing girls.

To put it more exaggeratedly, there seem to be few similar ones in the world.

But as mentioned before, Kitahara's origin is just Kasamatsu.

In recent years, thanks to the efforts of Yayoi Akikawa and other board members and college executives, the gap between local and central governments has indeed been narrowing visibly.

More and more local trainers and horse girls are joining the central government, and even though the elimination rate is high, the changes are obvious.

But Beiyuan's development took place before this.

At that time in Tresen, not only was the training for trainers very backward, but there were also no outstanding horse girls to provide training experience.

Generally speaking, in this situation, the field of vision of almost all local trainers is very narrow. They focus on the URA series of events in Japan at most, and it is considered good if they can have some understanding of the international aspects.

As for the most cutting-edge theories, there is no need to even think about understanding or mastering such things.

It just so happens that in such a background, Kitahara not only has solid training ability, but also has vision and concepts that can compete with the world level.

More importantly, he can also use commercial means to continuously concretize these visions and concepts and use them to improve training levels.

You have to know that different fields have different meanings. For many people, it is difficult to master the professional aspect of training, let alone make achievements in another field such as business at the same time.

For this purpose, Luduo even sought out well-known figures in the business community and indirectly learned about their views on Beiyuan's business capabilities.

The results were unanimous: if this young man had not been a trainer but a businessman, he would have been one of their strongest competitors or most reliable partners.

After various observations, investigations, and analyses, even though he had a lot of experience in contact with the Beiyuan and Yongshi teams, Lu Duo still felt that there were still too many things that he didn't understand about this team leader.

On the one hand, out of curiosity, she wanted to figure it out.

More importantly, she vaguely felt that if she really wanted to realize her dream, perhaps in today's Japan, only an "outlier" of the same generation like Kitahara could help her do it.

Dreams are also a symbol of Ludo.

Even after retiring for many years, she never gave up. It's just that as she became busier and busier with work, she gradually buried it deep in her heart.

Many people thought that the “St. Louis Ray Race” she participated in that year was more due to the decision between the trainer and the team.

And the process of arriving at that decision was not pleasant.

At that time, even people who didn't know much about Uma Musume were somewhat aware of Rudo's national popularity. Her team had a lot of disputes over the overseas expedition, and even a breakup occurred.

However, few people know that Luduo is determined to compete in overseas events.

This is not difficult to understand if you think about it a little. With her strength and popularity, especially her extraordinary talent, she has great autonomy and say in any competition.

If she really doesn't want to compete, no one can make things difficult for her.

And she wanted to participate in that competition.

She remembers clearly that after winning the classic triple crown without losing, winning the Japan Cup, and defeating many strong opponents, more and more voices in the Japanese industry called her "the symbol of Ludo in the world."

After defeating Miura Shinsan by 4 lengths in the Arima Kinen, public opinion once described him as "Japan's Miura Shinsan lost to the world's symbol of Ludo."

But she herself knew that even with such a reputation, her strength was still visibly far from that of the world.

For example, among the American horse racing girls, not to mention those far away, just the American Triple Crown winners, Seattle Slalom and Oath, who were a few generations older than her, she had no confidence at all that she could gain any advantage in a head-on competition.

She wanted to challenge such a strong man, and also hoped that her so-called "Symbol of Ludo in the World" would live up to its name.

It was with this belief that she embarked on the expedition to the United States.

The result was a regrettable defeat.

In Ludo's symbolic mind, compared with this defeat, the Japan Cup loss to Katsuragi Ace and the Emperor's Autumn Viewing loss to Galloping Dyna were nothing.

Because the "St. Louis Race" was a failure after she had participated in many competitions, which should have been her peak moment and the moment closest to her dream, and it was a failure before she retired with regret.

Years of work have not made her forget her past feelings, but have made her remember them more as time goes by.

The only change may be that she has unknowingly gotten used to discovering, encouraging and cultivating various outstanding juniors, hoping that they can realize this dream on her behalf.

Realize the dream of truly being on top of the world.

But in the past, she had never told anyone about her dream, including every junior she discovered.

This also includes her good friends who are sitting in the same car with her.

"I really don't understand what's going on in your mind all day long. How can I be considered stalking you..."

Holding the steering wheel and following the vehicle more than a hundred meters ahead, Lu Duo suddenly felt that his statement seemed unconvincing and could only sigh with a guilty conscience.

"Well, it seems like a bit of stalking."

"But, as I told you before I came here, if my plan works, it might bring a lot of changes to the horse racing girl world in Japan."

"That's why I specifically invite you one by one and ask you for help."

"So I hope you can cooperate with me this time and not mess up anything."

"The specific situation will be discussed after we review Beiyuan's schedule for today."

(End of this chapter)