Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 355 What kind of kiddie car are they playing with?
In a sense, the Seattle Rally still vaguely reflects the confidence of European and American horse racing girls when facing Japanese horse racing girls.

If she is a Japanese horse racing girl, even if she is the student council president, such as Ludo symbol.

When she was instructing Tamamo Juji and Inari Ichi's opponents, or in any other coaching situation, she would never use the phrase "are you sure to win?"

This is not because of Japan's tradition of modesty, but because the wording itself means that the speaker thinks winning is not a big problem, but the chances of winning are very high, or extremely high.

None of the horse girls and trainers in the room were surprised by this statement.

"...Although I have a complete idea of ​​my current situation and preparations, but..."

When saying this, Tony Bianca first glanced at Seattle Spin, then looked at Yongwu, and finally looked back.

"As the student union president of the American Tresen College, you insist on attending our combat meeting. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?
"Even if you intend to train together like the previous Thanksgiving Cup, President Yongwu has agreed...

"But what about the contestants on your side, that is, the American side?"

Tony Bianca's tone became cold and strange.

Not only her, except Yongwu, all the European members in the room had strange expressions on their faces.

This time they gathered in Tony Bianca's room, and the reason was, as she said, to hold a meeting to discuss the Japan Cup.

The discussion was directed at the Japanese players in the Japan Cup, Tamamo Juji and Inari Ichi.

If Kitahara knew about this, he would definitely drop his jaw in shock, and then silently put his jaw back.

Because in the corresponding timeline, this group of horse girls from Europe and the United States basically had an indifferent attitude towards their Japanese opponents.

Like Tony Bianca and Moonlight Madness, they couldn't even remember the names of Tamamo Cross and Oguruma, the two strongest opponents in the Japanese Ancient Horse Year and Classic Year.

The same is true for Uma Musume in other aspects.

In other words, the fact that these overseas horse racing ladies arrived in Japan just one week before the event is enough to show their attitude.

In a week, let alone adapting to the venue, it may be difficult to even carry out formal training.

But on the other hand, even with this indifferent attitude and not-so-sufficient preparation, the champions of this Japan Cup are still overseas horse girls, and the results of these horse girls are indeed beyond the Japanese average. It also shows the gap between the Japanese horse girl industry and the world level in the parallel dimension.

So what might surprise Kitahara is the contrast here.

But if you think about it carefully, you can understand that under his influence, Oguruma and the others, as well as more Japanese horse racing girls, have seen visibly improved strength.

The most important manifestation of this strength is performance.

Unlike training methods and preparation ideas, results cannot be concealed.

Therefore, as long as there is no arrogance, it is natural that the overseas horse racing ladies at this Japan Cup will pay attention.

Especially since both the Brave Dance and the Seattle Slalom came to Japan long in advance.

Tony Bianca's doubts were also based on this point.

It was agreed that both sides would discuss the matter together, and in the end all the members on our side were present, and President Yongwu also took time out from his recuperation to be present.

As a result, the Americans only came to Seattle to deal with themselves.

Isn't this a joke?
"Ahahaha, easy, easy, my lady."

Seattle Revolve didn't look guilty at all after being criticized calmly by Tony Bianca, and just waved his hands with a smile.

“How should I put it? Maybe we value freedom too much here.

"In short, our contestants..."

She pointed outside.

"At this moment, some people are playing basketball, some are shopping, and some are enjoying Japanese cuisine."

As soon as these words were spoken, not only did Tony Bianca, who had previously criticized them, frown, but the other horse girls and trainers also showed dissatisfied expressions.

“But please rest assured.”

As if he hadn’t noticed anything, Seattle continued to smile and said, “Although I’m the only one here this time, my old friend, Oath, has not been idle either.

"Besides persuading those basketball players to come quickly...well, what I mean is that Shi Yan is also busy.

"Well... collecting information, right? The Japanese are fond of the art of war. There's a saying that goes 'know yourself and know your enemy, and you'll win every battle.'

"She went to gather information."

When he said this, seeing that the atmosphere of dissatisfaction in the room had not yet disappeared, Seattle kept a smile on his face, but a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

"What kind of information, such as...

"Tamamo Cross and Inari seem to be playing kiddie go-karts lately."

As soon as these words were spoken, both Tony Bianca, who was the first to question, and Moonlight Madness and the others, all had changed expressions.

"Kiddie go-karts?"

Moonlight exclaimed in a frenzy, “What the hell are these two horse girls doing…?
"Why are you like the American horse girls, not knowing how to prepare, just playing all the time?"

Seattle Revolve pretended not to hear this and was about to speak when Tony Bianca suddenly spoke first with a deep voice.

"I don't think they're playing."

Folding his arms again, Tony closed his eyes and pondered, "Perhaps this is a special arrangement by the Kitahara trainer.

"I don't think Tamamo Cross and Inari Ichi will play like that when preparing for the Japan Cup under the guidance of that kind of trainer."

"Yeah, I agree."

He nodded and said something. Although Seattle Spin had a smile on his face, his eyes were serious.

"Don't worry, I don't want my juniors to lose either.

“I know you also want to know about Tamamo Cross and Inari Ichi’s recent situation, but to be honest, when it comes to gentlemen and ladies, you are really stylish.

“But when it comes to having fun, although it doesn’t seem to be something to boast about, my juniors do seem to be a little more sensitive.

"Of course, if you can take your eyes off the subject at the beginning, it will be easy to find out what they are doing recently. After all, I remember that racing is still very popular in Europe."

What Seattle Roundhouse said is exactly what Tony Bianca and the others overlooked.

Arriving in Japan a month before the start of the Japan Cup, this group of horse racing girls are concerned about the recent changes in their Japanese opponents.

Unlike previous Japan Cups or other Japanese competitions, the walking skills of the Japanese racehorse girls in this year's competition have obviously improved. This can be clearly seen from their walking skills and hard power data such as cruising and the last three waves.

Without any particularly complicated analysis, it is easy to see that all this is related to the trainer Kitahara Jō.

Perhaps, in Japan, which advocates collectivism, industry development has nothing to do with individuals, and no special emphasis is placed on the abilities of a particular trainer or other practitioner.

But this is not the case in Europe and the United States. In comparison, European and American horse girls and trainers believe more in the existence of genius.

For example, the talented Italian trainer Federico Tesio, whether it is his training philosophy or the "dual breeding method" he pioneered, many methods and techniques in Umamusume's current training system originated from him.

There are many similar trainers or horse girls with training talents. It can be said that without these people, relevant training and competition ideas and methods will still appear, but they will definitely be much later.

Tony Bianca and other horse girls and their trainers are quite sure of this.

For more in-depth thinking, such as the Seattle Slalom and the Brave Dance, they will further analyze Kitahara's real purpose and its longer-term significance. And with the same difference in thinking perspective, the European Umamusume team came to Japan and focused on specific training and competition conditions.

Even though professional ethics prevent you from directly watching your opponent's daily training, inquiring for information, and analyzing their public videos, this is still not a problem.

This makes them ignore the perspectives beyond training and competition, which is what Seattle Slalom calls "kids' karting."

So, after briefly explaining that there was no time to waste on joking, Seattle Rally told them all about the Suzuka Circuit and what he had learned about the Eternal Club.

"...So, I really don't know why Mr. Kitahara would do something like that at this time."

Finally, she concluded in a deep voice: "But since it was his decision, I think it must have some meaning.

"For example, using a racing track for training or something."

After stating a possibility, she spread her hands again.

“Of course, I myself find this speculation a bit strange.

"A racing track is completely different from a Umamusume track. Training on it can improve your endurance, but there is no other benefit.

“Moreover, racing tracks are basically paved with asphalt, and if it is a rally, the road conditions are too complicated, and in short, they are places that hurt your feet.

“So even if you can improve your endurance a little bit, running on it is actually not worth it.

“Perhaps, they are training with racing cars?

"For example, Tamamo Cross and the others are running in front, and Mr. Kitahara is driving behind to chase them?"

He uttered another guess, and this time, Seattle Spin couldn't help but laugh to himself.

"Ha, just joking."

She spread her hands and shrugged, "I mean, I have no idea what the trainer is trying to do, so I'm just guessing.

"Driving behind... it was a little too funny, so everyone forgot about it."

The horse girl from the American Tresson Academy had a playful look on her face, while most of the members on the European side had serious expressions.

"Although I don't think President Seattle's speculations are true, but..."

Moonlight Madness rubbed his forehead in distress, “That trainer Kitahara took Tamamo Cross and Inari to the racetrack to play go-karts for a certain purpose, I agree with this.

"only……

“Why on earth is that…?”

What she said was the question shared by almost all the horse girls and trainers in the suite.

Even if Kitahara himself was here, he actually didn't know how to explain this matter.

After all, Umamusume's physique is indeed far superior to that of humans, but she is still flesh and blood. Except for the intensity of her training methods, the ideas and theories are no different from those of humans.

This is what most people think, and it is also what Kitahara thinks in most cases.

However, being more aware of the existence of the three goddesses and knowing about parallel planes, Kitahara's training philosophy is not as rigid as his personality.

Therefore, even though his training ideas are still conventional, he does not reject some whimsical ideas.

For example, active domain mastery, new decisive servers and new domains, racing and race walking, etc.

However, when it comes to racing and race walking, Kitahara himself is still in the exploratory stage, let alone his opponents here.

The suite fell into silence as they pondered, and it was Tony Bianca who broke the silence.

"Maybe, I think we don't have to rush."

After attracting everyone's attention, Tony Bianca took a deep breath and said, "There is still some time before the Japan Cup. I have plenty of time to understand the plans of the two Japanese opponents.

"And compared to following their plans, I think it is more important to fight for the Japan Cup itself.

"Since I mentioned this first, I'll just say it straight."

She suddenly raised her toes slightly and gently stepped on the ground.

“I think I have to thank my Japanese opponents.

"If it weren't for their new changes and new strengths that made me feel something different from Japan before, perhaps I wouldn't have come to Japan so early, and I wouldn't have spent time adjusting the competition schedule in advance.

"All in all, with enough time to adjust, I think..."

The movement of her crushing the ground was indeed very light. One could only see her ankles and toes turning slightly, while the soles of her feet, calves and thighs were quite stable.

Those in the room were all top-notch horse girls and trainers, and it was easy to see that her control over her leg strength was at a very outstanding level.

It can be further inferred that this horse racing girl from the Arc de Triomphe is probably in the best condition ever.

She said so herself.

"My current condition should be as good as the expedition in the first half of this year... No."

She shook her head slightly, "I should say, better.

"If I were myself now, I would not give Mtoto a one-on-one fight."

The horse girl that Toni Bianca mentioned was the opponent she fought against twice in the Arc de Triomphe.

Coincidentally, in both encounters, she was in a one-on-one situation with her opponent on the final straight line.

Although she won the Arc de Triomphe this time, the situation in the actual 100 meters before the finish line was even more unfavorable and tense than the last time.

When the race entered the final straight line, she was still ranked 12th in the team.

Relying on the acceleration of the last foot, she caught up with the leading horse girl in the last 100 meters.

At the same time, Mtoto was chasing very closely from the outside, and the distance between the two sides was basically maintained within half a horse's length.

Perhaps it was because the opponent took more time and energy to overtake her from the outside, so she maintained the half-horselength lead until the end.

As a result, she won the Arc de Triomphe Award for Italy for the first time in 27 years.

At this moment, if the situation is really as Toni Bianca said, perhaps if there is another Arc de Triomphe, she may indeed win more and more easily.

"In this state, I will not give any opponent a chance to compete one-on-one in this Japan Cup."

After making a concluding statement, Tony Bianca turned and walked towards the two blackboards placed side by side in the suite.

The two blackboards, like the ones on Oguruma and Kitahara, were covered with all kinds of information.

One sheet contains all the information about Tamamo Cross, and the other sheet contains all the information about Inari Ichi.

"So, instead of blindly guessing the opponent's new arrangements, it is better to make clear tactical arrangements based on the current situation."

Her eyes wandered between the two blackboards, and she said in a deep voice: "What's more, the new arrangement...

"It's not necessarily possible to make up for their two old deficiencies all at once."

(End of this chapter)