Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 273 Shooting into the Wall
Kitahara said to relax a little, but he knew in his heart that this was just a psychological adjustment.

In fact, for every horse girl who can enter Central Tresen Academy, daily life is not easy.

Just like everyone else, high school studies must be completed seriously, and any horse girl is no exception.

Even though Oguruma is currently at the peak of his fame, he still has to attend classes, do homework and take exams.

After all, Uma Musume is essentially an athlete and won’t always be in her career stage.

So if you want to live the life you want after retirement, even if you hope to continue working in race walking events as a trainer or researcher, you still need a considerable level of learning.

In addition to studying, they also have to undergo a lot of training.

Take the Eternal Club for example. Even if they try to improve the training efficiency as much as possible under Kitahara's arrangement, the time arranged by the academy outside of academic courses is still quite full.

Not only the mornings or afternoons when there is no study, but also the early mornings, the time after dinner, and some weekends are used for training.

Use the mornings for jogging to maintain basic physical fitness, and don't relax even on weekends and holidays.

The intensity of training after dinner is not very high, and most of the time is used to supplement and correct mistakes and omissions made during daytime training.

In other cases, it is used to exchange training and competition experiences, or for everyone to speak freely and come up with some new ideas.

The rest of the training was much more complicated.

Wind tunnel equipment training and testing, weight training, endurance swimming, diving training, parachute sprint, etc. will all be completed step by step according to the results of the calculated rendering simulation.

In the past training, only the five active horse girls including Oguruma would receive such intensive training.

In recent times, in order to prepare for the "Youth Edition of Japan Cup", Lu Duo specially discussed with Kitahara, and contestants such as the East China Sea Emperor also joined in some training.

However, their training is individual, and they also have some linkage with their predecessors and companions.

For example, Mi Yu often participates in dodgeball training in addition to regular training.

Similarly, the Emperors of the East China Sea and others would also participate in “wrestling competition” training.

In addition to Kitahara and Luduo who symbolize their follow-up guidance, the host of this training is naturally Shenying who has a family background in racing.

She has a father who is a professional wrestler, and she herself is a horse girl with extraordinary physical fitness.

Today's Condor is still young and has not made his debut yet, but he has already reached the level of a professional wrestler among humans.

However, at this moment's "wrestling competition" training, Shenying, who was the training host, was pinned to the ground and screamed.

“Ah, it hurts, it hurts! The angry grass is so scary, ahhhhhhh!”

"Huh? I'm not angry."

Sitting on the screaming Condor, pinching Condor's arm with standard Aikido techniques, Kusagaimi's eyes curved into two arcs, and said gently:

"I was just seriously practicing wrestling with Xiaoying."

"When wrestling, you have to use wrestling techniques! Why do you use Aikido, Xiaocao?! Foul, foul! Ah, it hurts, it hurts--!"

"But, it was Xiaoying who said it himself. It doesn't matter what method is used, as long as I can knock you down, no matter who it is, just come at me."

Continuing with a seemingly gentle smile, Cao Shangfei exerted force with his fingers again and said gently:
"Did I remember it wrongly?"

“Aaaaaah! I’m not mistaken, but…but Xiaokusa, you completely misunderstood on purpose, right?!”

The condor's screams became louder, and his tone became full of hatred. "You are just seeking revenge for what happened last night... ah, it hurts, it hurts--!"

After feeling pain again, she began to slap the ground with the arm that was not captured, as if she had given up, and started yelling.

"Give up! Give up!"

"Tsk, you're giving up just like that... What a shame."

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't think I didn't hear you whispering, Xiaocao! I heard it! You still want revenge, right?! I heard it with both ears... ah, it hurts, it hurts--! I admit defeat, I admit defeat!"

Cao Shangfei finally let go of her hand, and then, amid the whimpering of the Condor, "Wow, little grass is so scary," he naturally took her place and hosted the training for the "wrestling competition."

"So, this is probably how sparring works."

He smiled and bowed to the horse racing ladies in front of him who were in a state of confusion and fear, and then bowed to the group behind them individually. Cao Shangfei smiled and said:
"No matter if we will face European and American opponents in the Japan Cup in the future."

"It's the 'Youth Edition Japan Cup' that will be held soon."

"Physical confrontations are common."

"Since Xiaoying and I were born in the United States, we have some understanding of this aspect."

“So maybe the demonstration just now was a little weird.”

"But I still hope that everyone can improve their physical confrontation skills through training such as wrestling."

"Of course, if you want to learn techniques like Aikido, I welcome you as well."

"I'm quite good at this."

After saying this, she smiled gently again and bowed slowly.

What Cao Shangfei said, and what he just demonstrated to Shenying, were the "new moves" trained for that day's "wrestling competition".

Shenying certainly couldn't miss such a competition, and he started to persuade his friends to sign up and train together very early on.

Taking advantage of this situation, Kitahara also asked Oguruma and the other horse racing girls, as well as East Sea Emperor and other horse racing girls who were about to participate in the competition, to give it a try and improve their level of physical confrontation.

The reason is the same as Cao Shangfei said, the competitions in Europe and the United States are much more intense than those in Japan, and physical confrontations often occur.

The competition rules there basically do not prohibit collisions during race walking, and the horse racing women there have also adapted to such situations in some way since childhood.

For example, the professional wrestling skills mastered by Shenying and the Aikido learned by Cao Shangfei are influenced by not only their hobbies and family, but also the regional competition styles.

Since the European exchange competition, Kitahara has been strengthening the abilities of his horse racing girls in this area.

For example, during the training period, they deliberately chose to go to the seaside near Nagoya instead of the training area near the Central Tresen Academy, largely because of this purpose.

Compared to the more industrialized area near Tokyo Bay, the coastline on the Nagoya side has more places suitable for training.

There, you can choose a training ground where the impact of waves during high and low tides is more suitable.

Run along the coastline during high and low tides, withstand the impact of the waves, try to stay unaffected, maintain balance, speed, posture and other normal racing states, which will be very helpful for future competitions.

In sports such as wrestling and aikido, there are more professional techniques for balance and lower body stability, which can also be used as a supplement to training.

For example, wrestling, through intense hand-to-hand combat, can develop many basic abilities such as theory, endurance, speed, flexibility, and agility.

Perseverance can also be improved to a certain extent, such as being patient and looking for opportunities to fight back when a joint is restrained. Willpower, tolerance, physical recovery, etc. can be exercised.

The same is true for Aikido.

As a traditional modern Japanese martial art, Aikido tends to utilize the attacker's kinetic energy, manipulate energy, and use techniques for control, and is a "defensive counterattack martial art."

This kind of martial arts is actually very suitable for the physical confrontations during horse races.

Under the rules of Japanese competitions, attacking an opponent while running at full speed is not only a foul, but also an act of being unable to do what one wants. Therefore, in special conditions such as the Japan Cup, Japanese horse racing women who have no experience in active collisions can more or less use the idea of ​​"defensive counterattack" to significantly reduce the negative impact of confrontation.

With this kind of training, whether it is the upcoming "Youth Edition Japan Cup" or the Shining Series Japan Cup that follows, participating teams such as East China Sea Emperor and Oguruma will be more fully prepared.

These are the results of discussions between Kitahara, his colleagues, and the student union leaders represented by Luduo.

This training arrangement lasted for a while. Most of the horse racing ladies who came here regularly for training have adapted to the training and have mastered certain abilities.

But today's situation is obviously a bit ridiculous.

Cao Shangfei's intention to teach Shenying a lesson was so obvious that not only the horse racing girls sitting at the front of the training ground could feel it.

Beiyuan and Luduo, who stood at the end to supervise and guide, symbolized that they felt it very clearly.

A long time ago, by chance, he learned a little martial arts from Yae Wudi's trainer. Coupled with subsequent persistent training, Kitahara still has some experience, at least in the basics.

Ludo symbolizes that he also has a very good level of martial arts, and he has dabbled in both Japanese and European martial arts.

As for European martial arts, she is very good at Western swordsmanship.

The horse girls of the symbolic family usually receive training in this area from a young age. Not only her, but also the Sirius symbol and the auspicious symbol have this ability.

The official Arima commemorative poster released in 22 shows this very picture.

In the picture, the symbol of Ludor is in the center, the symbol of Sirius and the symbol of auspicious omen are on the left and right, each holding a standard Western rapier.

In Japanese martial arts, the symbol of Ludo is Kyudo.

In the original work, her other skin, "Archer Under the Bright Moon", is an image of her wearing a traditional green and red hunting outfit and holding a longbow.

Therefore, whether it is Beiyuan or Luduo symbol, they can clearly see the fight between Cao Shangfei and Shenying.

It can also be seen that these two horse girls, or to be more precise, the ones on the grass, seem to have a subtle resentment towards the Condor today.

So, when the other horse racing girls started sparring under the guidance of Condor and Flying on the Grass, Luduo asked in a low voice with a hint of amusement and confusion.

"Hey, Kitahara..."

With one hand covering her mouth, she whispered, "Do you feel that Cao Shangfei seems to be a little resentful today..."

"When we first started fighting, Condor just wanted to demonstrate, right?"

"Cao Shangfei seems to be serious."

"Otherwise, with Condor's wrestling skills, he wouldn't be so easily caught by the arm and thrown to the ground, right?"

"So who are these two...?"

"Uh, well, it's about last night's feud..."

Beiyuan's face was full of laughter and tears, and after sighing, he roughly understood what happened for some reason and sighed:

"Didn't the club set up an activity center with the help of Miss Tetsuna?"

"In order to let them relax, there are many entertainment facilities there."

"Like board games, console games, or something like that."

"Xiaocao, Xiaoying, and Xiaote fell in love with the place right away and kept begging me to stay there for two days and have a good time."

"It just so happened that the first two days were rest days after a training cycle."

"I thought that the activity center was not far from the academy, so I asked the two dormitory heads, Hinamura and Meipu, to let them stay overnight for two days."

"As a result, last night, when they slept together, they had a pillow fight."

The expression of confusion on his face became even more intense, and he spread his hands helplessly.

"According to Xiao Te, they had a lot of fun last night because she and Xiao Ying were mainly throwing pillows around."

"After that, everyone was dragged into this for some unknown reason, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while."

"In the chaos, Xiaokong sneakily attacked Xiaohuan, so you see..."

Raising his chin towards the dojo, he smiled awkwardly and said, "Isn't Xiao Huan chasing Xiao Kong right now?"

Subconsciously looking in the direction Kitahara pointed, Luduo immediately saw two horse girls chasing each other.

Circling the edge of the dojo, the one running desperately in the front was Qingyun Tiankong, and the one chasing desperately behind was Saint King Halo.

The two horse racing girls were chasing each other while arguing with each other.

"Don't chase me...Isn't it okay if I admit my mistake...?"

"Ha? How can I let you off so easily?! Qingyun Tiankong, don't run away! I must avenge you for hitting me with a pillow and sending me flying out of the bedroom last night!"

Now, Luduo symbolically felt that he understood.

"So, Qingyun Tiankong sneak attacked the Saint King Halo, and then the current situation occurred. So the demonstration just now was because..."

She looked at Kitahara with both anger and amusement.

"Did the Condor sneak attack Cao Shangfei last night?"

"Well, Xiaocao was really angry at the time. I don't know how to describe why I was angry, but I was really angry anyway."

Kitahara spread his hands and shrugged, "That's how Special Week described it."

"She also described how the angry little grass staggered after being hit by the pillow, and suddenly disappeared from the spot, and then appeared in front of the little eagle."

"Then a pillow knocked Kitty into the wall."

Ludo was stunned.

"Shoot...into the wall?"

She was surprised and said, "Isn't it... a bit exaggerated?"

"It's not an exaggeration. I went to check it out later and found that there was indeed a depression on the wall of the room where they slept that looked very similar to the condor."

Kitahara's expression became complicated.

"So it was literally shot into the wall."

"So now you should understand why Cao Shangfei is so angry with Shenying right now, right?"

As he spoke, he sighed again.

“This situation… How can I put it? I can only say that this year’s Uma Musume competition is really full of surprises.”

"I just hope that during the next training and the 'Youth Edition Japan Cup', the East Sea Emperors won't do anything weird."

(End of this chapter)