Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 366 Maruzenski's Thousand-Layered Routine

Since he had decided to try to "depend on" her, Kitahara did not give any advice to Taro Yusuhara, but instead expressed in an affirmative tone that he would leave full authority to the latter.

Unlike Komiyama who decided to communicate directly with Tamamo Cross, Yusuhara Taro’s idea was to wait until the next training break and take Inari out for a walk.

As for where to go, Taro Yusuhara did not give a specific location. He thought he would discuss it with Inari first before deciding.

This reminded Kitahara that there was an option of "going out" in the Umamusume mobile game.

During the development process, if the horse girl's motivation decreases and there is no support card that can specifically increase her motivation, then the only way to stably increase her motivation level is to "go out."

So, if you encounter this kind of problem in the future, you can consider taking Ogurtori and the others "out" with you... ?
Thinking like this, Beiyuan did not give any additional instructions. He really wanted to see what the "outing option" was like in reality.

After such a meeting, Kitahara found himself noticeably more relaxed.

Originally, Oguruma and the others were in a rest state, and their daily training was much less than before, just to maintain the feeling of race walking.

In terms of sports competition, as the saying goes, "a day without practice makes the hand unfamiliar." As long as there are no unexpected circumstances, it is necessary to maintain a minimum level of training every day.

Therefore, his training tasks themselves are much less.

After the meeting, considering that a certain amount of space had been given to the club members to try to make progress in this area, Kitahara also tried to make room in training.

That is to say, let Katsumi Komiyama and Taro Yusuhara take more charge of the training of Tamamo Cross and Inari Ichi.

At the beginning, the two trainers were obviously not quite used to it, and they still habitually sought Kitahara's opinion frequently when arranging tasks.

But both of them had good talent and a solid professional foundation, so they soon took over a lot of work.

During this period, apart from jokingly saying that they felt Kitahara's daily work intensity was exaggerated enough, the two of them basically adapted to these changes.

As a result, when it came to the day off, Kitahara suddenly found himself more relaxed than ever before.

Katsumi Komiyama followed Taro Yusuhara's example and took Tamamo Cross "out for a walk".

Naturally, Yusuhara Taro followed the previous agreement and took Inari out with him.

Kitahara originally wanted to learn something, but after thinking for a while about where to take Oguruma and the others, he was distracted by some work.

By the time I reacted, Oguruma and the other two had already come running over and said that they had made an appointment to go to Osu Shopping Street in Nagoya and wanted to have fun again like last time.

Then, Beiyuan, who had nothing to do, subconsciously followed his usual habit and leisurely stayed in the faculty dormitory building of the college to watch the game video.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door.

"The door is unlocked, please come in... Maruzen?"

He responded casually, his eyes fixed on the TV screen. His peripheral vision caught sight of a figure coming in, and Kitahara was stunned, "Why are you here...?"

"Why, can't I come?"

As soon as he entered the door, he heard Kitahara's question. Maruzenski looked amused, half turned around, and looked like he was about to leave, "Then, I'll leave?"

"No, no, you misunderstood. What I meant was... Anyway, I'm not chasing you away..."

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Kitahara always felt that this horse girl seemed to like playing jokes on him more and more, especially after the last meeting.

He vaguely felt that he seemed to have accidentally offended someone in the parking lot before the meeting.

Otherwise, with such a gentle personality and how much he cherishes his car, why would he slam the car door so hard.

But after thinking about it, he couldn't figure out how he had messed up.

I just assumed that if I really got offended, and the recent jokes were directed at that incident, I would just endure it silently.

"I know, I know. I don't think you would dare to do that... eh?"

Still joking, Maruzenski glanced at the TV screen subconsciously and was startled, "This is..."

Following Maruzen's gaze and looking at the TV, Kitahara smiled and said, "Your first game in the classic year, how should I put it...

“I was able to scare my opponents so much that they gave up the race, and I almost couldn’t get enough contestants.” He looked back at Maruzenski and smiled again. “I’m afraid there aren’t many horse girls who can do this.”

Perhaps he was still a little concerned about what happened last time. Apart from work, he couldn't help but think of Maruzenski from time to time.

We don’t notice it in time at the conscious level, and often only react to it after the fact.

For example, as for the habit of watching game videos, he usually watches them as he pleases.

He knew that he didn't have many ways to entertain himself, but he always believed that work was work and entertainment was entertainment.

In other words, watching videos for work is different from watching for entertainment. The former requires conditions, purpose, and gain.

For the latter, just relax and watch it casually.

For him, it was easy just to look at anything related to horse racing girls.

Moreover, under his influence, many Uma Musume mobile games, movies, anime, etc. appeared ahead of time, and there were also many new projects that I couldn't remember.

With new games, new movies, and new anime to watch, Kitahara thinks he has a wide range of entertainment options.

And it is obvious that most of the videos that I watched "randomly" during this period were videos of Maruzenski's games.

There are also interviews, variety shows, or advertising endorsements. For a famous horse racing girl like Maruzenski, there are still many programs in this regard.

So, after thinking about it for a while, he felt that he seemed to be a little concerned about Maruzenski recently.

"What a coincidence, let me see..."

Maruzenski was unaware of Kitahara's recent psychological changes.

In her opinion, Kitahara is probably the only person who would watch Uma Musume competition videos when he has nothing better to do.

I just happened to run into him watching his game video.

"That OP at the Zhongjing Arena."

Maruzenski still had a clear impression of her own competition. She laughed in an instant, "Indeed, the competition was almost cancelled due to insufficient number of participants."

"Well, I remember that it was because your performance in the classic year was so outstanding that the other horse girls canceled their plans to leave after hearing that you signed up for this OP-level event."

Kitahara also smiled and said, “According to the rules of URA, there must be at least 5 horse girls to leave.

"I remember that at the beginning, besides you, there were only two players who insisted on participating in the competition?"

"Yeah, I was chatting with them both at the gate before the game."

Maruzenski recalled with a smile: “They both said that they wanted to see my strength, and that my previous performance in the competition was not bad, and I would not be banned for losing too much.

"As for the other two kids, another team took the initiative to express the hope that they could allow these two newly debuted players to participate in a more intense competition to gain some experience.

“However, it is precisely for this reason that my team discussed this with the team over there, and both of them hoped that I would not run too fast.

"Otherwise if there's a big mistake, they'll really be suspended, and it'll be pretty embarrassing for my trainers and others.

“Besides, those kids are all pretty good, so it’s not a good idea to discourage them too much.

“So, in the last race, I only won by more than two lengths.”

Uh, I only won by 2 lengths...

Still "just"...

This kind of words... and this kind of thing of not winning too much to save the opponent's face...

Only you dare to say it, and only you can do it...

Kitahara felt both strange and amused all at once.

The competition rules set by URA include regulations to limit subsequent entries based on the gap in the competition.

Simply put, if the loss distance is too large, Uma Musume may be restricted from participating in subsequent competitions.

The most common one is to restrict participation in competitions for a certain period of time, or to cancel the qualification to participate in the next event in the registration schedule.

This is essentially to ensure the excitement of the competition. After all, the idol nature of Umamusume is still very prominent.

What's more, what the audience fans want is not just a simple crushing victory. In comparison, a back-and-forth confrontation is the most popular match.

Maruzenski won by a huge margin of 13 lengths in the Asahi Cup, a race that determines the strongest horse girl before the classic year. Not only were the subsequent schedules of many other opponents in that race affected, but it is not difficult to understand why opponents would avoid the first race of the classic year.

"Well... it's not easy for you either. You have to deliberately suppress your strength and still win. It's indeed... difficult."

After a strange moment, Kitahara could only say this awkwardly.

"It's okay, just don't speed up after the second bend."

Maruzenski said casually: "If the chase is too close, then adjust the state in the third corner and decide the outcome with the last foot on the straight.

“But if that really happens, I won’t be able to control whether I can win by more than two lengths.

"Oh, come to think of it, my development route in the game also seems to include this competition."

As she spoke, she took out her cell phone and started flipping through it with interest.

Kitahara was stunned.

At first, he didn't react at all. Maruzenski was talking about the Uma Musume mobile game in this world.

But after realizing it in a flash, I suddenly felt that seeing the horse girl "develop herself" with my own eyes seemed to be a very interesting thing.

Kitahara became interested now and curiously leaned over to look at Maruzenski's phone screen.

Maruzenski noticed this out of the corner of his eye and the corner of his mouth curled up silently.

During this period, Representative Chiaki was still in Nagoya with Narita Shirahito to handle some matters.

In his spare time, Maruzen would go out to eat and go shopping with his friends.

During the conversation, we also talked about the progress of our own relationships.

Apart from the routine teasing, Qian Ming actually gave some suggestions that sounded very useful.

"Want to make Beiyuan gradually interested in you? Or even develop feelings for you? Then try to find something he likes to do together, preferably something you like as well.

“It will definitely work, I guarantee it on Luduo’s reputation.

"Why not mine? Oh, don't worry about the details.

"Anyway, I remember occasionally hearing my dad or mom say that this is how my dad pursued my mom.

“Although you are doing it the other way around, Maruzen, this method should be useful.

"Even if it doesn't work, there's no harm in trying, right?"

All in all, Maruzenski wanted to try this approach.

The Umamusume mobile game was a method discussed with Chiaki.

This game has been launched for some time. Judging from the feedback from various platforms, apart from the fact that it can easily cause fluctuations in blood pressure, it is generally quite fun.

It is especially interesting to develop a group of horse girls that you are familiar with and watch them win or lose races that they have run before.

Among horse racing ladies, this game is basically the most popular one right now.

As a fashion expert, Maruzenski is definitely not to be missed.

So, "Someone like Kitahara will definitely not let go of this game, so let's try to play with him, or even ask him for advice or something," this was the idea that Maruzen and Chiaki came up with.

So far, this idea seems to be working quite well.

At least, in Maruzenski's impression, this seemed to be the first time that Kitahara took the initiative to approach him.

"Hmm? What you cultivated... is the symbol of Ludo?"

Kitahara had no idea about the little ideas that Maruzenski and Chiaki had come up with. He was just simply finding it interesting that Uma Musume played the Uma Musume mobile game.

Of course, he is also very interested in the game itself. He has downloaded it on his mobile phone and will play a game or two when he has free time.

So after glancing at the screen, he could see that what Maruzenski was developing was not the self she had just mentioned, but the symbol of her good friend Rudo.

"Well, the next big competition in the mobile game is the Japanese Derby. Luduo seems to have the best adaptability in all aspects, so I'm raising her."

After confirming it, Maruzenski smiled and said, "Well... it feels weird to say that I'm raising Ludo, but it's very interesting."

"Indeed, Maruzenski is raising Rudo as a symbol..."

After repeating it, Kitahara couldn't help laughing, and turned to look at Maruzenski's mobile phone screen as usual, thinking.

"If you want an excellent racing horse girl, this training method won't produce a suitable one."

"Eh? Is that so? How do I cultivate it?"

"You need to participate in more competitions in the development process so that you can have more points to exchange for skills. Skills are still very important in this game."

"Participate more? But if that happens, the battle experience will affect your condition..."

"You can't play mobile games, just control your stamina."

"You seem to play this game a lot, Kitahara."

"Not often, just play occasionally."

"Is that so... Then how do I design a race schedule for Luduo?"

"As for Ludo... before the classic year, run the Asahi Cup and Hope Trophy if you can. Then run the Classic Triple Crown, the Osaka Cup, Tenchun, and Takarazuka Triple Crown, and the Tenshu, Japan Cup, and Arimashu Triple Crown. It would be best if you can participate in all of them."

“I see… So, I didn’t let Ludo run that much before, so there weren’t any outstanding races, right?”

"Well, that's basically it, but the rest depends on luck, and it also depends on support cards and stuff."

"Then...how about you help me operate it, Kitahara?"

"OK, all right."

Immersed in the idea of ​​developing his skills in the game, Kitahara did not notice that Maruzenski was watching him.

And the look in his eyes became more and more playful and delighted.

I feel like this idea is completely correct. I'll have to thank Qianming later...

So, the next step...

(End of this chapter)