Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 236 Jealousy and Trembling

The strange atmosphere between the seniors was noticed by the last horse racing girl, but she didn't have time to figure it out.

The large in-car screen a little further away was still broadcasting the race, and the sound coming from this moment clearly indicated that the event was about to enter the middle of the first stage.

If we were a little slower, we would have to spend more energy to reach the starting point of the third stage, which might affect our performance in the race.

It was with this thought in mind that the Emperor of the East China Sea and the others quickly greeted each other and ran towards their starting point with confusion.

What they don’t know is that the reason why the horse racing ladies here are in the current atmosphere is the same as theirs.

"Are you going to run like a real race? Why do you say that, Aldan?"

His attention was slightly attracted by his juniors. He watched them leave and then looked at his companions who had a strange look on their faces. Oguruma was a little confused.

“This should be the real competition.”

"I also plan to run with all my strength."

"So, who are you...?"

Opposite Oguruma is Mejiro Altan, next to which is Super Small Bay, while Tamamo Cross and Inari Ichi are a little further away.

He didn't look at Oguruma, nor did he look in the direction his sister had just left. Instead, Aldan was looking at the game on the car's screen.

"I just want to try to run with you again with all my strength."

Watching the figures of his seniors running at full speed on the screen, Aldan was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled faintly, "Before the Chrysanthemum Viewing Festival."

"Chrysanthemum appreciation...?"

Although he could see the smile on his companion's face, Oguruma could still feel that the other person still gave him the same inexplicably depressing feeling he had at the beginning.

She didn't quite understand why this happened, but she vaguely thought that it might be related to the competition that day after the training camp.

In other words, it is related to the things that were discussed that day before preparing for the Winning Live.

She felt that she was not as stupid as she looked.

She rarely thought about the significance of entering the Shining Star Series, especially when she was still in Kasamatsu.

At that time, she didn't even know much about running itself, let alone the significance of the competition.

She felt very happy to be able to stand up and run. She always thought so then, and she still feels so now.

Later, my mother said that she hoped to become a great horse girl, and learned from Kitahara how to become great.

She gradually realized that running had more meaning to her.

The same is true for competitions. When she first ran on the track, she felt that it was an extension of the happiness brought by running itself.

Then, there is the thrill of overtaking your opponent or being overtaken by him, the deafening cheers that echo throughout the stadium.

She felt that everything she felt was meaningful.

Perhaps I look forward to each game more and more because I feel the significance of these games.

But this meaning does not seem to be unique to me.

They have their own opponents and their own companions.

At this point, she admitted that she was a little confused.

She realized this just before the Winning Live that day.

"So...Ardan wants to use this competition as a rehearsal for the Chrysanthemum Appreciation?"

She suddenly thought of this and couldn't help but say, "Indeed, although the venue is different, the distance is the same 3000 meters."

"That……"

Her gaze slowly turned to another companion, and she nodded: "Little Bay thinks so too?"

Hearing this, Super Bay didn't say anything, but just smiled.

The smile on her face looked very similar to Aldan's, and it was obvious that she had the same idea.

"That's fine, although I haven't thought about it carefully..."

Seeing that his two companions had agreed, Oguruma nodded again, "But if it's just a chrysanthemum viewing event ahead of time, I have no problem with that."

"It's just like training. Whether it's training, rehearsal, or competition, I will go all out..."

"It's not like that, Oguri."

Suddenly, Aldan interrupted what Oguruma was saying.

Then, in the latter's surprised look, she slowly turned her head and the smile on her face gradually faded.

"If I just have that kind of mentality... or awareness, then this is not the game I want."

After saying this, she suddenly changed the subject.

"You have a mentality and talent that I envy, Oguri."

"You could even say I'm jealous."

"You and I both suffered from leg problems."

"But why, you can run on the field without any pressure and win the game just by this."

"But I can't."

"So, I'm really jealous of you, Xiaoli."

There was an unprecedented complexity in Aldan's eyes.

These were the words that Oguruma had never heard from Aldan in all the time they had known each other.

Bewildered for a moment, and with an inexplicable panic, she subconsciously looked around in confusion.

She first looked towards the small bay and found that the smile on her companion's face was gradually fading, and like Aldan, his gaze was unclear for a moment.

Tamamo Cross and Inari Ichi, who were a little further away, didn't say anything at all, but they both looked like they wanted to say something but stopped, with complicated expressions.

What is this...

Confused in her heart, she became more and more lost.

"The horse girl of the Mejiro family has always had a problem that she can't get rid of. Maybe you still remember it, Oguri. It's the glass foot."

Changing the topic again, Aldan's eyes drooped slightly, and he placed his palm on the outside of his thigh, rubbing it slowly.

"To be more specific, it is very easy to get injured, fractured... and suffer from flexor tendinitis."

"With current technology, flexion tendinitis is an incurable disease for us. After contracting it, there is no choice but to retire."

"In that case, maybe I shouldn't say things like I'm jealous of you."

Her expression was still complicated, but her eyes revealed gratitude from the bottom of her heart.

"Because, it is the conditioning drugs found from you that have enabled more and more horse girls to perform more complex food conditioning."

"It means that just like you, if you eat more, your physique will become better."

“Little Bay was the first beneficiary, and I was the second.”

"I really shouldn't have said anything like I was jealous of you."

"But I think I may still have reasons to say so."

The gratitude in his eyes gradually faded, as did the strange look, and Aldan's quiet and beautiful face gradually became filled with calmness.

"To this day, I still think that my greatest luck is meeting you, Xiaoli."

"Or rather, I met you and Chief Kitahara."

"I admit that because of the troubles caused by my family's inheritance, I have never been able to completely let go of this and run on the field without any reservations."

"But I won't now."

She turned around and walked towards the starting point of the second stage not far away.

"Because it suddenly occurred to me, if there was a world where I wasn't so lucky, what would I do?"

"I will definitely not give up the opportunity to show my determination in any arena."

"I have no intention of giving up." "No matter how many times it is shattered, no matter how many times it is broken."

"Even if I am broken like glass, I will try my best to stand on the field again and run with all my strength."

"As long as there is still a breath of determination, even glass can be reshaped and reborn."

"Don't you think so, Xiaoli?"

She paused for a moment, turned her face back, and smiled quietly and gently.

“So, I am very lucky in this real world.”

"Why worry about those unfortunate things?"

"Shouldn't I run even more desperately?"

"That's what I mean, my resolution."

"So……"

"What about yours, Oguri?"

Watching Mejiro Aldan go away, Oguruma was a little stunned.

However, she still subconsciously noticed that Tamamo Cross and Inari Ichi, who were a little further away, looked at each other, communicated something with their eyes, and looked over here.

Their looks were as complicated as Aldan's before, but not as difficult to understand.

It seemed like encouragement and comfort, but nothing was said.

After such a look, they also walked towards the starting point.

There was only her and the super small bay left here.

This is the rest area. Not only are these horse racing girls here, but two of their juniors, Zhou and Hao Opera, are also here to help.

But I don’t know when, the two little guys who were originally looking around worriedly had already shrank into the tent.

Only two little heads, side by side, were revealed, with their eyes rolling around and looking over here.

"...Xiao Wan, do you think so too?"

As soon as he said this, Oguruma realized that his voice was unusually dry.

She kind of knew why, because she could understand every word Aldan said and comprehend most of the meaning.

But I don't know why she said that at this moment.

She felt that this feeling could be described as like a thorn in the throat.

She wasn’t very good at Chinese and had trouble remembering many idioms, but those related to food were an exception.

She had memorized the phrase "like a fishbone stuck in the throat" very early on, but she had never understood why some people would have a fishbone stuck in their throat.

If you chew harder, won't the meat and the thorns be chewed into small pieces?
At this moment, she, who had never been stuck by a fishbone before, suddenly understood what that felt like.

"Oguri is a miraculous horse girl who can change everything around her. At least, that's what I think."

As if he didn't intend to answer what Oguruma said, he put one hand on the side of his face, tilted his head slightly, and whispered with curved eyes:

"It seems that as long as you are there, everything around you can change day by day without you noticing."

“These changes are hilarious.”

"Since Kasamatsu came to Tokyo, he has won battle after battle."

"Yayoi Sho, Gaoyue Sho, Japanese Derby, perfect classic battle lines and one victory after another."

“No matter how fierce or powerful the opponent is, you can still show overwhelming strength and win.”

"Many people have already said that you are a unique horse girl of this generation with unfathomable talent and potential."

"Another undefeated three-time champion seems to have become a future that does not need to be questioned in the Shining Star Series."

"You should be able to feel it. The voices outside are shouting the names of our seniors."

"But in a few minutes, the resounding of your name will definitely not be any weaker than that of any of your predecessors."

The noise between the two horse girls was not loud.

In fact, if it weren't for their excellent hearing, their voices would easily be drowned out by the audience seats in the distance.

Over there are names like "Rudo Symbol" and "Maruzenski" whistling in.

If these sounds were to merge into one, such as "Little Chestnut Hat", it would indeed not be very weak.

"…So, Little Bay, you…"

Like Aldan, Xiaohaiwan interrupted with a smile without waiting for Xiaokuimao to finish.

"It's different from Aldan."

"I am not jealous of you, Xiaoli."

"I just thought that maybe when the real Chrysanthemum Appreciation Festival comes, there might be a familiar villain plot."

When he heard that his companion was not jealous of him, Oguruma subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when she heard the following content, she was stunned for a moment and did not understand what Xiao Haiwan was talking about at all.

"A familiar...villain plot?"

Confused, she repeated in a low voice.

"Don't you think the third place triple crown and the fourth place triple crown and undefeated triple crown are very similar?"

He shifted his gaze away from the eyes of the little chestnut hat and looked at the car screen in the distance.

On the screen, the game clearly entered the middle stage.

Representative Qian Ming burst out in an instant and surpassed several opponents in succession.

Among them, the symbol of Ludo is included.

"Ah, actually, comparing me to Senior Qianming is a bit presumptuous."

Watching the game calmly, Super Bay's eyes and mouth were curved, "No matter what, I can't win any of the classic triple crown events now."

"But it's all the same."

"Back then, the whole of Japan regarded Chiaki-senpai as an idol."

"Even if Senior Lu Duo becomes the unprecedented undefeated triple champion, Senior Qian Ming's popularity will not change at all."

"In that Japan Cup, Qianming Senior was the most popular, and Luduo Senior was only fifth. Isn't this a good proof?"

"So, challenging an idol who is like a hero in the eyes of the world..."

"Xiaoli, what do you think it should be called?"

She looked at Little Chestnut Hat again.

"Villain, isn't he?"

“I am so artificial.”

"So, I am not jealous of you, Xiaoli."

"Unlike Aldan, I am... trembling."

"I'm trembling with the moment of competing for the Chrysanthemum Award with Oguri, who has won two championships and won two consecutive victories, and has gradually become a new generation of hero and idol in the eyes of the world."

"But it's actually the same for Aldan and I."

"I also hope that you can try your best to run the next race."

“It’s not just an ordinary best effort.”

"No matter how many times it is shattered or broken, it is to fight with all your strength with this level of determination."

"Would you run like this, Oguri?"

(End of this chapter)