Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 263: First Battle of Autumn (7k)

It is not easy to simulate the psychological state of opponents before the game.

The opponent's horse girl's daily personality, competition characteristics, and the trainer's guidance style and tactical habits must all be taken into consideration.

It takes a lot of effort to collect all this information, especially since there are two new horse girls on the opponent list.

Fortunately, when the Eternal Club didn't even have a rudimentary team, Kitahara was already very clear about the situation of each famous horse girl.

As for trainers, it is not difficult to find out the details by comparing with the prototypes in memory.

As the club is slowly being established, these tasks are also being carried out step by step.

So basic intelligence work is not too difficult.

As for the situation of Sakura Star King, although it is a bit troublesome, Kitahara is not without a solution.

"…I say, isn't it a bit too much for you to openly ask me about your opponent?"

On the video call screen of the mobile phone, the helpless old face of Rokuhei Ginjiro appeared.

Kitahara thought his uncle's evaluation was a bit excessive.

Due to industry tacit understanding, trainers generally do not casually inquire about the training and competition information of other horse girls.

But he knew Sakura Star King very well without asking.

One of the most famous racehorses under the Sakura name. His father is Sakura Victory, the 3th Derby horse, and his mother is Sakura Smile, the three-time winner of the Queen Elizabeth Cup. His pedigree is quite excellent.

His life was quite tragic. His mother died of abdominal pain when he was just born.

Afterwards, before the Gaoyue Shang, his grandmother, adoptive mother, and ranch owner Fujiwara Shozo also died one after another.

Perhaps it was because of the expectations of the deceased that the Sakura Star King performed so amazingly in many competitions, which also seemed to be the reason why Arima Kinen died young due to injuries.

Simply put, Kitahara knows the life of the Sakura Star King in the parallel world, and many situations in this timeline can be compared.

However, now that this horse girl has escaped the fate of death, many details may have changed as a result.

He wanted to confirm the details with his uncle.

Indeed, as the chairman of a horse racing girls club, which can even be said to be a club with the best philosophy in the world, he knows that he is now very famous.

But the interpersonal relationships in the Japanese horse racing girl world are essentially still very traditional.

The tacit agreement among each other not to ask about the training methods is due to this tradition.

This is also why the older generation of trainers are less secretive and more informed.

More importantly, rather than focusing on the talent and potential of their juniors, the older generation of trainers care more about the closeness of the relationship, which is also a tradition in the Japanese horse racing community.

It is for this reason that although Rokuhei Ginjiro complained, he finally explained everything he knew about the Sakura Star King.

"...That's about it. As for foot quality, distance, and venue adaptability, I think you have done most of the research on your own."

After the narration, Rokuhei Ginjiro pondered and said:
"The more critical thing should be the field ability."

"There is no doubt that Sakura Star King is definitely a horse girl who has touched the realm."

"Because Huang Jincheng told me that she had stepped on that side at both Gao Yue Shang and Chrysanthemum Shang."

"But she still couldn't catch up with the Sakura Star King."

"So, the specifics of the Sakura Star King's domain may still be a matter of speculation, but this matter itself can be confirmed."

Hearing this, Beiyuan pondered for a moment.

"… probably the field ability in terms of position competition and speed."

Recalling and thinking, he analyzed: "The field can only be triggered in a sufficiently intense game and when one is sufficiently focused."

"In comparison, these characteristics of the Chrysanthemum Viewing at Sakura Star King will be more obvious."

"If I remember correctly, there weren't any horse girls who were good at leading the race at that Chrysanthemum Shooting, so the overall speed of the team was relatively stable."

"This is very beneficial for the Sakura Star King who is good at taking the lead."

“That’s why she was able to charge into the lead at the end of the track, on the second downhill.”

"Golden City also chose to catch up at the same time, and even tied the position at one point."

"It's a pity that her strength and perseverance are very good, but her endurance is not so good."

"And the Sakura Star King's stamina had not yet been exhausted, and he was already in the territory state. That's why Huang Jincheng lost the Chrysanthemum Award by a difference of 1/2 horse length."

"In fact, Gaoyueshou is similar to this."

"In short, the domain ability of the Sakura Star King is probably like this..."

As he said this, he had already begun to construct the Daily Crown match situation in his mind.

These scenarios are all possibilities, of course.

After sorting out some plans in this way, whether it is an actual simulation game or a computer rendering simulation, we can get quite complete analysis results.

The Eternal Club now has no shortage of horse girls in parallel running training, and the adaptability of these horse girls covers almost all areas.

There are horse girls with good, poor, severe and poor track adaptability.

There is also adaptability to English, medium and long distances.

There are also adaptive running methods such as escape, lead, lag, and chase.

If I have to say, there are not many people who can adapt to muddy venues and short distances, but even so, parallel running training is enough.

There is no problem with data simulation. When Xinxin Guanghui was originally responsible for it, the technology has been constantly updated and iterated.

This horse girl, whose talent lies entirely in her technique, has also demonstrated sufficient abilities.

Sometimes, Kitahara even feels that this horse girl who is not so prominent in the original work may have technical talent comparable to that of Airihaku and Flying Shrine.

Maybe it may be even better in some aspects.

With all the training conditions and logistical reserves being perfect, Kitahara couldn't help but be immersed in the thought of the daily crown simulation.

So when the person on the video call asked him a question out of the blue, he responded subconsciously.

"In that case, you should also know about the situation in the Golden City? For example, the domain or something."

"Well, in the second half of the race, we started to exert our strength from the middle echelon, and then continued to improve our acceleration ability. This should be considered as a supplement to our endurance. In addition, we are not easily fatigued in mile races, and our acceleration ability at the end of the race..."

After answering casually, Kitahara finally reacted and looked at the phone screen with amusement.

"Hey, uncle, isn't your question a bit too much? I'm the one asking you..."

"Why? Can't I ask you the other way around?"

On the screen, Rokuhei Ginjiro's eyes widened, and he sighed, "You kid... I didn't expect that even though I deliberately didn't tell you, you could still analyze Acheng's situation by yourself."

"It seems that I really don't need to worry too much."

"In this case, once I have settled some things here, I can consider bringing Acheng, Ningjing, and Xingwang to join your club."

Kitahara was surprised by these words, as he had thought about asking his uncle before to see if he could allow this experienced trainer to join the Eternal Club.

In terms of training techniques and concepts, he believes he is not inferior to any of his predecessors.

But some of the experience of our predecessors cannot be replaced.

For example, getting along with horse girls.

He had previously been too focused on training and competitions, and inadvertently neglected the thoughts and feelings of the horse racing ladies. Later, he unconsciously adjusted himself.

In contrast, Huang Jincheng, the horse girl, has a rather unpredictable personality, but her uncle gets along very well with her. There is something worth learning from this.

Similarly, the same is true for Mr. Jin Lang of the Golden Family.

Even though they are family members, judging by the chaotic interactions among the Huang Jin family's horse racing ladies every day, simple closeness is not enough to mediate any issues.

Master Jin Lang can make the Golden Master and the Golden Ship safe and sound when they meet him. This ability is definitely worth learning.

It has always been Kitahara's idea to invite these senior colleagues to join, but there has not been a particularly suitable opportunity until now.

Now that he knew his uncle had this idea, he couldn't help but feel excited.

However, he soon noticed that among the horse girls mentioned by his uncle, in addition to Golden City and Sunday Serenity, there was also Sakura Star King.

...What does that mean? Is the Sakura Star King's responsibility agreement going to be transferred to my uncle?
Just after making this guess and before he had time to ask, Kitahara saw his uncle waving his hands on the screen.

"Okay, now that you've asked everything clearly, there's no need to say any more nonsense."

Waving his hand and saying goodbye, Rokuhei Ginjiro nodded and said, "With your current abilities, knowing this information, the subsequent competition should be no problem."

"Perform well, I'll be watching from here."

...Really, why is this old man so anxious...

After the call was hung up unexpectedly, Kitahara couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.

However, just as Rokuhei Ginjiro said, he already had sufficient grasp of various intelligence, and now after confirming some details, he was even more confident.

Intelligence and details alone are not enough. If you want them to be fully effective, they must be based on training and various basic abilities.

However, with the support of increasingly complete intelligence, the training of Oguruma and others has become more targeted and detailed.

With all the preparations, time seemed to pass much faster, and the competition day arrived almost in the blink of an eye.

According to the habits of previous competitions, horse girls and trainers who are not participating in the competition will come to the contestant preparation room before the competition to cheer on the contestants.

However, this time there were not as many members as before in Oguruma's player preparation room.

The three matches of Daily Crown, St. Reiter Memorial and Kobe Shimbun Cup are not held at the same venue.

The Daily Crown is held in Tokyo, and the other two matches are held in Nakayama and Hanshin.

In order to ensure that the training effect is fully exerted in the competition, it is necessary to adapt to the venue in advance.

Horse racing girls will not only compete in the same stadium in their careers, so they usually train to quickly adapt to the venue.

In addition, it is also necessary to go to the corresponding stadium and run for a period of time about a week before the start of the competition.

For this reason, Super Bay and Mejiro Aldan had previously traveled to Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture, and Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture, where the Hanshin Stadium and Nakayama Stadium are located.

These two venues happen to be located in Kansai and Kanto respectively.

In such a situation, he was naturally accompanied by Tamamo Juji, who was born in Kansai, and Inari, who was a child of Edo.

As a result, Katsumi Komiyama and Taro Yusuhara can also go to the stadium and make some detailed adjustments according to the on-site situation and changes in the preparation plan.

However, Kitahara did not rush to discuss with Oguruma. Instead, he stood outside the preparation room and gave some instructions to the two junior trainers who came with him.

"This should be the first time you two come to watch a game as trainers."

Kitahara looked between Hosoe Junko and Akashi Tsubaki and said seriously:
"Or you could say a quasi-trainer, because to be truly called a trainer, you need your own horse girl."

"But no matter what, this game is of great significance to you."

"You have participated in the entire training of Oguruma and have contributed a lot."

"This game requires you to concentrate on observing, recording, and analyzing the results of your training, that is, the game situation."

"Not even the slightest detail can be overlooked, whether it's starting, cruising, cornering, sprinting, overtaking, or crossing the finish line."

To Kitahara, the matter of guiding the younger generation is both familiar and unfamiliar.

What is familiar is that when he was the chairman of corporate management and horse racing club, he often helped his juniors in this way.

However, this is his first time in this world.

Judging from their age and training experience, Katsumi Komiyama and Taro Yusuhara are indeed his juniors as a trainer with several years of experience.

His experience in coaching horse girls in the local area did help his two colleagues to fill in many gaps.

But in fact, in their daily interactions, apart from the honorifics in addressing each other, there were not many taboos between them. Moreover, both of them had good talents and abilities, and for many things, they only needed to be mentioned a little bit and they would know what to do.

Junko Hosoe and Tsubaki Akashi are somewhat different.

One of the two newcomers had just graduated, and the other had just returned to Japan from Europe.

If they are not reminded of many things, they may spend more time to gradually learn and master them, but since Beiyuan has ready-made experience, there is no reason not to share it.

"Yeah! Okay, okay! I've got it. Anything else, Kitahara-senpai?"

Tsubaki Akashi was still active and positive. She listened to Kitahara's words and took notes in a small notebook.

Junko Hosoe was also taking notes in a notebook, but she didn't say anything. The look she gave Kitahara was as focused as that of Tsubaki Akashi.

"There are no more matches for now. You should first use this Mainichi Crown, as well as the two matches at Nakayama and Hanshin as a foundation to master some basics."

After finishing his instructions on the competition, Kitahara did not stop, but thought for a while before continuing:
"Then, after you finish organizing the game records, I have two tasks I want to assign to you separately."

"When you don't have any competition training, go to Mitsuishi County in Hokkaido and Kochi Tresen College in Shikoku Island."

"I remember Junko's hometown is in Aichi Prefecture, right? It's a little closer to Shikoku Island, so I'd like to trouble you to go to Kochi Prefecture."

"If it's Tsubaki, then you should go to Mitsuishi County in Hokkaido."

Faced with the instructions of her senior, Junko Hosoe had no doubts and agreed immediately.

This is also the general way that seniors and juniors get along with each other in Japan. As long as the seniors do not violate any principles, the juniors will agree to the matters proposed by the seniors without hesitation.

However, after studying in Europe, Tsubaki Akashi's style of doing things became different from Junko Hosoe's.

She soon became confused.

"Eh? Hokkaido? Shikoku Island?"

Pointing at Junko Hosoe and then at herself, she was very confused, "Me and Junko-sister? What are we going to do there...?"

"...Xiaochun..."

Before Kitahara could open his mouth, Junko Hosoe tugged at the corner of Akashi Tsubaki's clothes awkwardly. She felt that Akashi Tsubaki's question might embarrass her senior.

In fact, Kitahara doesn’t care much about Japanese interpersonal habits. When he interacts with his colleagues on weekdays, he just says whatever he wants to say naturally.

Therefore, he did not notice the small movements between the two juniors, and just answered Akashi Tsubaki's question:
"I want you to help me find out where a horse girl is."

"In fact, I have spent some time looking up relevant information before, such as in Hokkaido."

"I checked it when I was looking for Special Week and Good Opera, and when I was looking for information about Blue Sky and Holy King's Halo."

"Maybe my search method was wrong, or there was some other reason, anyway, I couldn't find it."

"Then I thought, maybe the name in her file is not what I remember, or maybe she is no longer in Hokkaido, but in Kochi Prefecture in Shikoku."

"If I had time later, I would have gone to Hokkaido and Shikoku Island by myself."

"But after the Daily Crown, there is not only the Chrysanthemum Appreciation, but also some matters related to international exchanges, so I can only entrust it to you."

After listening to Kitahara's explanation, Akashi Tsubaki and Hosoe Junko both nodded in understanding.

Then, it was Akashi Tsubaki who asked first: "If we find a horse girl, there will be no problem."

"Senior Kitahara, you should know her name, right? Or, her former name?"

"Also, the horse girls that can attract the attention of trainers like Senior must be very strong and talented, right?"

Hearing this question, Kitahara couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, because he didn't know how to describe the strength of the horse girl he was talking about.

However, he felt strange in his heart, but he still gave the name.

"Try to find these two names."

"Mray Jane, or, Haru Urara."

"That's Mary Jane, or Chun Ulala."

"Whether it's in Hokkaido or Shikoku, just send me the information once you find it."

After giving these instructions, without further explanation, Kitahara asked Tsubaki Akashi and Junko Hosoe to wait in the audience seats, and he walked towards the contestants' preparation room.

Kitahara did not explain in detail to the two juniors the situation of the horse girl named "Haru Ulala". It was not because he wanted to hide it, but because he really couldn't describe it.

This is because, whether in the original game or in the Uma Musume he is currently exposed to, almost ninety-nine percent of them judge their strength and popularity based on their wins in competitions.

But Haru Ulala is the only exception. She is a horse racing girl who has never won a single game in her entire career but is extremely popular.

From his debut match till his retirement match, he did not win a single match in 113 matches, with his best result being 5 second place and 7 third place.

This achievement caused a sensation throughout Japan. This sensation was not because of the anticipation for her victory, but simply because people wanted to see her running.

"Just seeing Ulala running is a very happy thing," this was the voice of many fans at the time.

In particular, the period when Haruurala was in service coincided with the time when Japan's economy was in a major recession.

Gaining hope from a figure who kept running, kept failing, but never gave up running was an inspiration to Japan at that time.

Some people even gave up the idea of ​​committing suicide after learning about Chun Ulala's experience and watching her competition in person.

Therefore, such a racehorse can definitely be called an idol. It is for this reason that the original game puts her in the same project with a group of racehorses that are either big prize champions or consecutive champions.

Kitahara is of course well aware of the significance of such popularity and idol motivation.

In addition to these, he has always had a guess.

Perhaps, the reason why Chun Ulala did not win 113 games during her service was not because of problems with her own strength or because she was always slacking off in the games and not giving her all.

After all, she also has a record of 5 second place and 7 seasons.

More importantly, the number of 113 races is not something that any racehorse can complete.

Moreover, during these 113 games and after retiring, Chun Ulala was almost not injured. She lived to be 28 years old and was in very good condition.

Therefore, perhaps after some targeted training, this horse girl might be able to discover her true potential. Kitahara thought so.

However, as he said himself, it may be that Chun Ulala has not shown any eye-catching talents at all, and there is no information about her in the various files of Tresen Academy.

I didn't find it during my previous trip to Hokkaido or in subsequent investigations.

In this case, Kitahara can only assume that this horse girl may have left her birthplace, Hokkaido, and gone to Kochi Prefecture.

That is where she played her professional games throughout her career, and it is also her hometown in the original project setting.

As for the name "Mary Jane", Kitahara thought hard and remembered that Haru Ulala seemed to have this former name or nickname.

If she was using this name now, it wouldn't be a surprise that she hadn't found it before.

In short, I'll give some key clues to the two juniors and wait for them to investigate. If there's no result, I'll find a way myself. This is what Kitahara thought.

His main task now is to help Oguruma prepare for the next daily crown.

I pushed open the door and entered the contestant preparation room, and immediately saw Oguruma standing in the middle of the room, adjusting her number vest.

As a G2 level event, the attire is naturally regular short-sleeved shirts and shorts.

The sports T-shirt and shorts that Xiaolimao wears are very close-fitting, perfectly outlining her fit and slender figure.

Her thighs are wrapped in black sports stockings, which makes her thigh muscles look tighter and stronger.

The number vest she was wearing had "8" written on the front and back, and she was fastening the vest strap around her waist.

Noticing the sound of the door being pushed open, Xiao Limao turned his head while tying his vest.

"Oh, Kitahara, are you done with your work? Eh? Where are Junko and Tsubaki?"

"I asked them to go to the audience first. I will go there soon."

After responding casually, Beiyuan looked around and continued, "How about it, are you ready?"

There's more than just Little Chestnut in the room.

Where Little Chestnut Hat had just faced, Brand New Glory was sitting in front of a workbench, holding a small hammer in one hand and a shoe in the other, nailing horseshoes.

Horseshoes are very important equipment for horse racing girls in competitions. Generally speaking, most horse racing girls are accustomed to organizing these equipment by themselves.

It's different for Ogururomo and Shining Glory.

After Kasamatsu met him, Shining Glory was in charge of Ogurimao's equipment for every competition.

This was also true during the two times I traveled abroad to Europe and the United States.

Ogurumao never asked about the arrangement of the equipment, but would just put it on as soon as Shining Glory said it was ready.

Also in the room were Roman Oguri and Good Opera.

Roman Oguri's younger sister always accompanies her sister to every game, coming to the scene to cheer and encourage her, and helping with some logistical matters.

It's almost the same for a good opera, and during the preparation training this time, she has been assisting Oguruma with the "synchronization rate" training. This time, following along also has a sense of honor and participation.

The two little guys are not idle at this moment.

On another table were bananas, chocolate, cola and other energy-supplementing meals and drinks with high sugar content. The two of them were busy deflating the cola.

After the gas in the cola is released, what remains can be considered sugar water. Many horse racing girls use this method to replenish the sugar needed for training and competitions.

Of course, you can also drink it directly with glucose, but the horse racing ladies just think that it is not as delicious as Coke.

Noticing Kitahara coming in, the other horse girls also greeted him.

After responding one by one, Kitahara heard Oguruma's confident response.

"Don't worry, Kitahara."

She bent her arms and made a bodybuilding move, and said with a smile: "I feel very strong now, there is no problem at all."

"As for the running tactics, I remember them very clearly."

"The main thing is to respond quickly to the reactions of the Golden City and the Sakura Star King, and adjust the position as soon as possible according to the situation to avoid being caught in the crowd of the team."

"I think this should be no problem, especially since I have practiced a lot with good opera before."

She suddenly smiled and walked over to Good Opera and patted her on the shoulder.

"What a reliable junior. I mean, a good opera."

“I feel that even though she hasn’t officially debuted, many of her ideas and abilities are already quite outstanding.”

“With the running training with her, I think there will be no problem in this competition.”

"That's it..."

Hearing this, Beiyuan nodded, then thought for a moment.

"The overall arrangement is as you said. The key point is the impact of the addition of Golden City and Sakura Star King on the overall game."

"Then……"

He pondered again, his eyes solemn.

"Although I have emphasized this to you many times, I still want to remind you."

"This is your first match of the fall tournament, and it's also the first match of all your opponents."

“Even without considering the two new opponents, the tactical choices of the remaining opponents are likely to undergo some extreme changes.”

"So what I want to emphasize is that if you find that there are obvious abnormalities in the event, don't hesitate."

"Either you rush to the front in one go, or you stay at the back and win the race with a last-minute sprint."

"This will test your grasp of timing. Remember this."

(End of this chapter)