Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 27 Start!

Along with the shouts of colleagues, a broadcast was heard in the stadium.

"The following is the pre-match presentation for this competition!"

"The first one to appear is Group 1, No. 1, Fujimasa March!"

"She can be said to be the expected star of Kasamatsu Treson Academy, and her popularity is the highest in the whole venue!"

"This is her debut match. Before her debut, she has won many competitions and has been well received by her trainers and loved by her fans..."

The radio began to talk about the past achievements of Fujimasa March.

Along with the broadcast, a horse girl with long silver hair, a gentle face and a stern expression slowly walked out from the catwalk and nodded to the surroundings without saying a word.

Although she is not a horse girl from his team, Kitahara can feel from her appearance that Fujimasa March is indeed worthy of its reputation. Just from her calm appearance, it can be seen that she has rich competition experience.

He was not disappointed by the shabby playing field, nor was he complacent because of the praise on the radio. He was not affected by the surrounding environment at all. This kind of calmness is a very important quality on the field.

Kitahara's colleagues expressed their approval of the broadcast and praised the Fujimasa March.

However, Kitahara didn't hear it very clearly because there was a cheering sound from the other side of the audience that was as loud as the radio.

"Fujimasa March! Come on! Ah! So cool!"

"come on! Come on!"

"Come on, Fujimasa March! We must win this game!"

They are the three horse girls from the Ace of Norn. It seems that in addition to being prejudiced against Oguruma, they are also avid fans of Fujimasa's March.

Not only did they cheer loudly, they also brought fans and banners printed with the name of Fujimasa March, which they held high and waved continuously.

Slightly attracted by the cheering, Kitahara glanced over casually, and happened to meet the eyes of the horse racing girls over there, who gave him a provocative look.

...How childish! Suddenly I feel that it was a bit foolish to care about them so much before...

Beiyuan looked away and became speechless.

Beiyuan didn't intend to pay attention to that. To his surprise, the new light beside him suddenly spoke loudly:
"Come on, Xiaoli! You will definitely come in first!"

Startled by the voice, Kitahara looked over subconsciously and happened to see Brand New Glory staring at Noren Ace and the others, with his eyes bulging and cheeks puffy, looking as if he was not willing to be outdone.

What a surprise! This child usually looks weak and timid, but at this moment he is so aggressive.

After all, she is Uma Musume, she has this kind of competitive spirit.

Just as he was thinking about it, Kitahara suddenly heard the name he cared about on the radio.

"...Next one, Group 5, No. 5, Oguruma, ah..."

Kitahara instantly turned his head to look at the catwalk.

Then I almost laughed out loud.

...Why is she so dirty? I told her to have a good rest before the competition, but she can't keep idle and goes running again.

Just as Kitahara thought, Oguruma who appeared was wearing the same sportswear as Fujimasa March, that is, the purple and white color scheme of Kasamatsu Academy, and also had long silver-white hair.

But compared with the latter, Oguruma looked a little unkempt, his clothes were covered with dust, and his trouser legs were covered with mud, obviously he had found a place to go for a run before.

The broadcast seemed to know what Kitahara was thinking and said something similar:
"Ah... um... don't you have time to wash clothes? This outfit..." The broadcaster seemed to have no idea how to introduce it, but soon found a topic:
"Ah! Kurimaru is going to... Kurimaru is wearing a hair accessory!"

"It's a beautiful diamond-shaped hair accessory! The silver frame and bright yellow filling are very unique!"

"It seems that you are also a horse girl who pays great attention to your appearance!" The broadcast seemed to be making excuses for Oguruma's unkempt clothes.

"It's that classic hair accessory indeed," Kitahara thought to himself after seeing the hair accessory.
"In this case, except for the winning suit, it's basically the familiar little chestnut hat."

Uma Musume has a setting called "winning suit".

According to this world, the style of each horse girl's "decisive uniform" is determined by the oracle of the "three goddesses" to maximize the horse girls' abilities. According to Kitahara, as long as it is a "decisive uniform", no matter how fancy it is, don't worry about it, and it won't cause problems such as wind resistance.

This setting is magical, but this is how the world is. However, Kitahara also knows clearly that those decisive suits actually correspond to the "decisive suits" of the prototype horses in another world.

However, the winning suit can only be worn and will only be effective in G1-level competitions. Although Kitahara knows what Oguruma's winning suit looks like, he can't see it now.

"That's the hair accessory that Oguruma's mother gave her. It looks really unique." At this time, Xin Xin Guanghui, who had been paying attention to Oguruma, said.

"Well, yes, she really loves her mother. I think she did this during the presentation to attract the commentator's attention so that the broadcast can mention this and her mother will notice it." After agreeing with the new glory, Kitahara analyzed with a smile.

The two of them were chatting casually about the Ogurt Hat, and the competition soon came to the preparation stage.

Under the guidance of the staff, the horse racing girls participating in this debut battle entered the corresponding gates one by one.

At this time, a confident voice came from beside Kitahara.

"She is quite good, so, although I am very sorry, Kitahara, I will win the game today."

The person who was speaking was Shibasaki, and the "she" he was referring to was naturally Fujimasa March.

Kitahara, who was originally focused on watching Oguruma enter, was startled, turned his head, and smiled after a moment:
"you're right."

"But he had excellent race instincts, amazing flexibility, knees with a wide range of motion, a running posture with an ultra-low center of gravity that resulted in minimal wind resistance, ankles that were specially reinforced for sand, an astonishing amount of food that could undoubtedly guarantee his physical strength, a specific running method and tactics that he had discussed specifically for this race, a mind that had no distractions other than running and his mother, and the flag of wearing hair accessories before the race..."

"This is the Little Chestnut Hat."

"You don't have to understand what I just said. Just remember to keep this name in mind. Then when you think of her, just say one word silently. And that word is..."

"Hat-gate."

After Beiyuan finished speaking, there was complete silence around him.

a long time.

"Uh... Although I didn't understand what Kitahara was saying, but..." Shibasaki smiled awkwardly and rubbed his forehead:

"Very confident, then we will wait and see."

At this moment...

"Everyone, the horse racing girls are ready. The 800-meter sand track race is about to begin..."

"Start!"

"The gates are open! Start running!!"

Even though the stadium is shabby, the announcer's professionalism is quite good. His commentary has been full of energy and has been able to stir the audience's emotions.

For this reason, although there were not many people in the audience and most of the seats were empty, as the game began, cheers still rang out over the stadium.

Especially when the commentary officially enters the schedule.

"The one who took the lead is Southern female character No. 3! She is the contestant highly praised by trainer Yan Weiyi! It looks like she will put in a wonderful performance in this debut match!"

"Following closely is the No. 6 dancer. Although she is only ranked 5th in popularity, she has shown amazing momentum! Can she maintain this momentum to the end? Let's wait and see!"

"The No. 1 most popular song Fujimasa March fell to No. 1. Is this a strategy? Are they planning to leave the victory to the final turn? It's really exciting!"

However, the exciting commentary and the cheers of the audience soon turned into exclamations.

"Oh, my god! Runner No. 5, Oguruma! Made a mistake at the start!"

“She came in last!”

...Fuck, a classic local battle in another world with a wrong start... Don't replicate this detail for me, Oguruma!

The commentator and the audience discovered that Oguruma had made a mistake at the start. Kitahara covered his face with his hands and complained in his heart as his blood pressure rose.

(End of this chapter)