Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 359 It Can Only Be Deliberate

Kitahara's gaze was not concealed, so it naturally did not escape Maruzenski's eyes.

"what happened?"

Following the gaze from the other person, Maruzenski began to look at her. She suddenly felt a sudden shock in her heart and pulled at her dress uncomfortably. "Is there something strange about what I am wearing today?"

Japanese girls don't seem to be particularly afraid of the cold, and Uma Musume is particularly resistant to the cold.

It is now late autumn and approaching early winter. It is also night time and the temperature is not high. Maruzenski is still wearing her usual light blue dress with white background and floral patterns.

But instead of the bright red scarf she usually wore, she wore a light yellow straw sun hat.

This kind of outfit was a popular style a few years ago, but when worn by Maruzenski, it has just the right sense of the times and youthfulness, as if it has been precipitated by time, making her look much more mature than other horse girls, but without completely losing her vitality.

Looking at such a horse girl, Kitahara would naturally not look her up and down just because of something strange about her clothes.

Of course, it’s not just because it looks good.

After all, in his eyes, all horse girls are pretty.

"Nothing, you look very nice in your outfit today, nothing strange."

After honestly explaining and praising, Kitahara smiled and said, “I just suddenly felt that you seemed to know exactly what I was thinking today.

"Whether it's the training arrangements for Xiaoyu and the others, or the plans for the Japan Cup and the Peak Cup, before I could finish, you..."

"I said it for you, didn't I?"

As if to verify what Kitahara was thinking and saying, before he could finish, Maruzenski smiled and said, "Looking at your expression, I guessed it again.

"How should I put it? It's indeed a coincidence. I feel like after following your training here for a while, I understand your thoughts better and better."

Kitahara thought about it and found that compared with the past, although Maruzenski did not specifically ask him to guide training or anything, they still spent much more time training together.

In this case, it must be a coincidence after getting familiar with each other... Kitahara thought so.

"Okay, Qianming and the others are almost here. She sent me a message."

Suddenly taking out his phone and taking a look at it, Maruzenski smiled and said, "But there's no need to go to the station. She told us to just go to the restaurant where we met last time and wait for them."

"The one from last time?" Beiyuan was slightly startled, then suddenly remembered, "Is it that music restaurant?"

“Yes,” Maruzenski said with a smile, “It’s the one you wrote the song for.

"Let's go. I'll drive."

Maruzenski's car has recently been placed in the parking lot of the Nagoya campus. Upon hearing this, Kitahara didn't think too much and nodded in agreement.

They walked to the red sports car together, and subconsciously, Beiyuan walked to the passenger side, opened the door and got in the car.

Seeing this scene, Maruzenski smiled silently and got into the car.

"Yohoo, it's time to race again."

Sitting in the driver's seat, she waved to Kitahara who was fastening his seat belt and said with a smile, "But you've ridden in my car so many times, you should be used to it by now."

After saying that, without waiting for Kitahara to react, she smiled and started the sports car, and a red shadow drove out of the parking lot quickly.

There are never so many coincidences in the world. If there really is a coincidence, it can only be the result of a long-term deliberate plan.

Maruzenski has figured it out. Even when she first realized her deep feelings, she was like all other girls who were just beginning to fall in love. She was at a loss from the inside out. She had to frantically ask her friends for help with phone calls, text messages, and appointments.

But he was not one of those naive little guys in the academy.

After the first few days of anxiety, hesitation and entanglement, she gradually understood what she should do about this relationship.

There's no need for too many special arrangements as Luduo and the others suggested when they were dating.

All you need to do is follow your own character, be more proactive, think more about what Kitahara is thinking and what he wants to do, and assist him to the best of your ability, just like you are doing now.

This may be the way Maruzenski can think of pursuing in love.

It can also be said that it is a deliberate and long-planned way of pursuing someone with Kitahara's personality.

She has realized that the person she likes is not as deep-minded and complex as the outside world says.

If I have to say something, the so-called deep and complex mind only refers to his arrangements during the game.

He is actually a very simple person, so simple that there is no secondary content in his words, deeds and thoughts. He just expresses what he wants.

Even the so-called complex and profound playing style is just because other people don't understand this trainer.

He simply mastered more running methods, tactics, and techniques, and then prepared the most certain way to win before a game that seemed unpredictable to others.

It’s just that there are too many ways to win that others haven’t mastered, that’s all.

So, he is such a simple and innocent person, hehe...

So, as long as you think of more ways, find more opportunities, and create more opportunities to be alone intentionally or unintentionally, then...

Exclusive is a very simple thing~
His mood was changing and he was in a good mood. While driving, Maruzenski did not forget to chat casually with Kitahara, and from time to time he would secretly glance at the passenger seat through the rearview mirror.

She now increasingly feels that her idea is correct.

Not to mention that she was able to naturally guess Kitahara's plan before, this person has now unconsciously adapted to her driving, which is proof that her idea is correct.

Her driving skills are not acceptable to everyone.

Not only does it require visual and balance bar adaptation to high speeds and sharp turns, but it also requires sufficient physical fitness.

It's true that Lu Duo and the others have these abilities and qualities, but every time they go racing together at my invitation, they will inevitably hesitate for a moment before getting on the passenger seat.

Since Beiyuan got in the car without hesitation this time, it naturally shows that the subtle influence of driving with him during this period of time was quite effective.

Kitahara was of course unaware of Maruzenski's thoughts.

He just felt that the way and content of chatting with Maruzenski at this moment seemed to be no different from before, but the experience was completely different.

To give an example, it is like working all night for several days, and finally having a good sleep. When you wake up hungry, you find that the cafeteria has suddenly opened a door to the dormitory.

All in all, the chat was very comfortable and smooth, without having to think too much.

We can talk about any topic.

You can also suddenly become silent without saying anything and without worrying about being awkward.

Later, if you suddenly think of something funny or simply want to complain about, you can start the topic without any warning, and neither side will feel awkward.

This experience made Kitahara feel very novel and immersed. He couldn't help but wonder if he had similar ways of chatting and interacting in his daily life.

It seems there is none.

In fact, I have the most contact with trainers like Katsumi Komiyama and Taro Yusuhara. This is also a job requirement. Naturally, when I talk to them, everything is about work.

Outside of work, everyone has different interests and hobbies. I don’t have many extracurricular activities, so I often just go out and play with my colleagues and listen to what they talk about.

It's a similar situation with Lu Duo, Akikawa Yayoi and others. It's the same job, but the content is different.

The topics that Xiaolimao and the others talked about, including entertainment outside of academic competitions, were too young and I couldn't fit in.

Apart from these, the rest are almost all business dealings or negotiations with associations and boards of directors.

It seems that there is indeed no such thing.

After such recollections, Kitahara suddenly couldn't help laughing at the lackluster fun in his life.

Then I thought, maybe it was because of the new experience I had with Maruzenski that I felt many things in the past were a bit boring.

I couldn't help but look towards the driver's seat.

Before he could think about anything or say anything subconsciously, the slowdown of the car made Kitahara realize that they seemed to have reached their destination.

It is still the Western European Fantasy music restaurant. Just like last time, there are many customers coming and going during dinner time.

The lobby on the first floor was already full of people, and on the central stage the band was still playing soothing music.

The seat that Maruzenski had reserved was on the second floor, near the corridor. Not long after they sat there, Chiaki, who had been waiting for them, came over.

Seeing this other vice president of the student union, Kitahara stood up and was about to greet him, but suddenly he realized that besides Narita Shirahito, whom he knew from Maruzenski, there were two middle-aged men beside Chiaki.

After a brief recollection, Kitahara quickly remembered that one of them was URA Association's important partner in music, Kenpei Noguchi.

Kitahara is well aware of the status of this musician. The fact that he can frequently perform on the stage of Japan's Red and White Songs Festival itself represents his status in the music industry.

What's more, he is quite good at composing songs of various styles. Whether it is the songs he composes for Uma Musume or other creations, they are all quite popular.

But how did this musician come here?

In Kitahara's eyes, the only things that happened in this music restaurant last time were coming here with Maruzenski, eating, writing songs, and Maruzen suddenly running away.

He didn't know that Rudo symbolized their love battle, and that Kenpei Noguchi had already heard the song he "wrote".

But no matter what, you still have to be polite when facing such a person.

Taking the initiative to step forward, with the assistance of Representative Chiaki, Kitahara and Noguchi Kenpei introduced each other. Kitahara also learned that the younger man next to Noguchi Kenpei was also a musician named Hayashi Nishitomo.

After sitting down, as if they had greeted each other beforehand, Maruzenski, Representative Chiaki and Narita Shirahito did not say much, but gave the conversation to Kitahara and Noguchi Kenpei.

Noguchi Kenpei did not hesitate to speak with a warm smile.

"Although this is the first time I've met Mr. Kitahara, I've heard of your name before."

As he spoke, he took out his cell phone and said, "Not only me, but also some old friends would talk about Mr. Kitahara when we get together.

"Some families have children who are horse racing mothers, and they are discussing whether there is an opportunity to let their children receive training from you, debut, and participate in competitions in the future."

When Kitahara heard Kenpei Noguchi mention debut training, he subconsciously thought that this music senior might have a child with a horse girl, and wanted to ask him if he could sign a contract.

Or you may be asked by a friend to test their intentions.

This kind of thing was not beyond Beiyuan's expectations.

And it can also be said that it is within his work plan.

It’s not that I’m taking on more responsibilities as a horse girl, the kind that involves direct training.

Instead, we go a step further and promote and develop it in the form of the Peak Cup and clubs, and then train according to the new coaching format.

In a sense, Kitahara has always believed that the trainer system is not the most suitable for horse girl training.

After all, personal abilities are limited, and the number of horse girls that each trainer can take care of at the same time is also limited.

For someone like him who has the upper hand, directly guiding three horse girls, assisting two juniors in taking care of two extra horse girls, plus various event expansion and commercial operations, it is already the limit.

It is even more difficult for other trainers to take care of horse girls of different generations at the same time, unless it is like in the original anime, where horse girls from different timelines are intertwined.

The training content required by different horse girls is actually different, and different trainers are good at different training.

He is able to take care of many racehorse girls at the same time. In addition to the fact that they are all of the same generation and have similar development and training needs, they are all adaptable to miles, middle and long distances, and are also good at grass races.

The same is true in the anime. The horse racing girls in the protagonist's team are adapted to distances and venues based on classic competitions such as the eight major races, which allows them to receive the same training together on a regular basis.

The same is true for running methods. Except for some special cases, most horse girls who can be in a team are basically more accustomed to the orthodox running methods such as being ahead and behind. Escaping and chasing are more of a way to deal with special circumstances of the horse girls themselves, or to adopt as a tactic.

But in addition to those horse girls who are adaptable in this aspect, there are also those who are good at short distances, good at mud, and particularly good at the escape-and-chase method.

This type of horse girls will be very different from the previous type in terms of training content, training venue, and schedule and location. If you want to train together, the difficulty will increase a lot.

Based on various considerations, Kitahara has always believed that the future development direction of the horse racing girl industry should be to establish more systematic competitions and clubs with more complete training conditions by referring to sports such as football and basketball.

More systematic competitions can give horse racing ladies more opportunities to perform.

The club will reserve specialists who are good at different training directions, so that they can better and more fully develop the talents of the horse girls.

Therefore, in order to reach that step, Kitahara will not consider signing a contract as a horse girl again in the short term, that is, before Oguruma and the others have sufficient ability to train independently and their own racing club concept is stabilized.

In other words, he planned to wait until Kenpei Noguchi actually mentioned this point and then politely refuse it.

As luck would have it, just as he thought of this, Kenpei Noguchi pulled out a photo on his mobile phone.

"Look, Mr. Kitahara."

Pointing to the photo of an old man and a very young horse racing girl, Noguchi Kenpei said with a smile: "This old friend of mine has told me many times that his child is very good and will definitely become an excellent horse racing girl in the future. He always talks to us to see if there is a suitable trainer.

"Especially when I called him last time and told him that I met you, Mr. Kitahara, he was so excited. If he hadn't been commissioned by the concert and couldn't come, it might be him who met you this time instead of me.

“So, Mr. Kitahara, look at this kid…Oh yeah, I haven’t introduced him yet.

"My friend is also a frequent visitor to the Red and White Song Festival, Mr. Kitajima Saburo, Mr. Kitahara should recognize..."

"So this is really the Northern Black Horse?"

Kitahara, who had been staring at the screen of Noguchi Kenpei's mobile phone, was extremely rude and suddenly interrupted the other party's words, pointing at the little horse girl in the photo on the screen, and was surprised.

(End of this chapter)