Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 369: Oops, We've Been Discovered

In Kitahara's eyes, there is no doubt that Europe and the United States will cooperate. They will definitely cooperate.

He wasn't sure how much of it was influenced by himself, but there was definitely some influence.

At the very least, any industry insider with sufficient vision will have a certain degree of curiosity about some of the new ideas and new techniques he brings.

The level of curiosity on the part of the horse racing girls might be even higher, so it was easy for them to think of using some of their own running styles for Yongwu and Seattle Slalom, so as to observe the changes in the Japanese horse racing girls to a greater extent.

This situation happened during the last Thanksgiving Cup.

They did not deliberately conceal the cooperation, at least not after the game. During the communication with Japan's Tresen College and the association, they explained these arrangements very frankly.

If there is a first, there will be a second. Thanks to the cooperation in the Thanksgiving Cup, with the experience gained and the more important Japan Cup, as well as the stronger horse racing girls, it would not be surprising to see another one under the coordination of the two horse racing girls.

To put it more simply, if it were not for this purpose, the two sides could have trained separately and there would have been no need to come to Japan so early.

So, looking at the training situation on the field, Kitahara casually described his idea briefly and gave a positive answer.

Maruzenski could actually think of this idea, he just confirmed it with Kitahara.

"If the current Uma Musume is cooperating to provide cover, it will probably be troublesome for Tama and Inari."

Maruzenski became worried, “Although they have also undergone cooperation training, and the time they have trained together must be much longer than these opponents.

“But the two types of cooperation are completely different.

“I just can’t imagine those two competitive little guys covering for each other or anything like that.

"So, do we need to make some adjustments to the next training, Kitahara?"

"Little guy, just say this kind of thing in front of me."

Looking at the venue, Bei Yuan smiled and said, "Even though you are a senior, if you say something like this in front of them, they will get mad."

"Of course not," Maruzenski chuckled, "but if you say that, they will be even less able to cooperate like opponents."

“It’s true that we can’t, but we don’t need to.”

Kitahara shook his head and whispered, "Our Umamusume has her own way of cooperating, and it's not like we don't have similar cooperating skills like our opponents.

“For example, as you said, Tama and Inari have been training together for so long that during the competition, they are more adapted to each other’s rhythm than being influenced by the horse girl.

“And their rhythm is also the best and most winning rhythm.

“This characteristic can easily become a big advantage in certain game situations.

“That’s what the Japan Cup is like.

“When horse girls from Europe and America provide cover, they often have designated horse girls to lead or disrupt the rhythm.

“If a Umamusu is not familiar with this tactic, or does not have a good grasp of her own rhythm, she will easily mess up.

"Xiaoyu and the other two can resist this kind of interference very well."

"If you say so..."

Maruzenski thought for a moment, "This kind of cover from the opponents is very similar to the red skills in mobile games."

"Well, it's very... well, I mean, it's very disturbing to the opponent."

After agreeing, Beiyuan continued to observe the training situation on the field. He was slightly startled, "Wait..."

"What's wrong?" Hearing Kitahara's puzzled tone, Maruzenski asked with concern.

"Wait a moment, let me take a closer look..."

As he said this, Kitahara raised his upper body slightly while holding up the telescope.

Lying at the top of the audience seats, there was no problem with the view.

Looking down, you can see the horse girls practicing on the track, as well as the training staff and corresponding equipment scattered around the venue.

There were quite a few horse girls and trainers coming to the Tokyo racecourse for training this time. Before this, Kitahara had been observing the overall training situation. After slowly looking at each horse girl and trainer, he discovered an unexpected but somewhat reasonable situation.

"Pay the butler..."

He put down the telescope and muttered to himself, "Sure enough, he's not here..."

As the champion of this year's Japan Cup in the parallel dimension, the payment manager also signed up for this competition in this timeline.

Theoretically, after the European and American sides decided to train here, this American horse racing girl should also be here.

But just like in the original work, Kitahara only realized at this moment that there was no trace of her on the runway.

Worried that he had missed it, or that the other party was in the viewing hall or somewhere like that and had not come over yet, Kitahara took some time to look for him again and waited for a long time.

Still no sign of the horse racing girl.

While looking for the time to wait in Kitahara, Maruzenski heard his whisper and became puzzled.

"Pay the butler... the American contestant?"

After asking, seeing Kitahara nodding as he looked around, she pondered, "From my impression, she doesn't seem to be a particularly outstanding horse girl?
"Is there something special about her?
"I see that Beiyuan Ni is paying special attention to her."

When he asked this question, it was very abrupt, as if a finger had poked his heart lightly, and Maruzenski himself felt a little uncomfortable.

Clearly aware of this emotion, the horse racing girl was suddenly surprised.

She had never experienced such a strange feeling before.

When he had been with Kitahara in the past, it was not uncommon to see this trainer pay special attention to a particular horse girl.

Without exception, all the attention is because the opponent has special features in terms of strength, talent or some other aspects, and they are all the opponents of Oguruma and the others in the next game.

This time, it seems to be the same.

This should be a normal concern for a trainer.

It can even be said that if the opponent has special circumstances, it would be a dereliction of duty for the trainer not to pay attention.

But Maruzenski just didn't feel comfortable.

"Special...it shouldn't be anything special."

Not noticing the strange emotions of the horse girl next to him, Kitahara just subconsciously said to himself: "If I have to say, maybe... it's what you said, Maruzen, judging from her results, she is not outstanding.

“If I remember correctly, she was born in the United States, but she initially competed in Europe.

“I only ranked 4th when I debuted.

“After that, we played eight games in a row and failed to win the championship.

“I only entered it five times.

“And the best result is only three moves.

“As for my first win… I remember I got it in Strasbourg, a local tournament in France.

“Then it was transferred back to St. Cloud, which is where she debuted.

"Then we lost a lot again, and only won one championship in eight games."

Recalling the experience of paying the butler for the competition, Kitahara silently calculated, “That is to say, she participated in a total of 17 competitions in Europe.

“But we only won two championships.

"And there was only one OP level and one Pre-OP level." "So judging from this record, she... uh, is indeed not strong enough."

This analysis and narration, which was as rigorous and orderly as before, gradually diluted the strangeness in Maruzenski's heart and made her understand what had just happened.

Well……

Jealous?

but……

How could this be…

How can I be jealous over such an insignificant thing...

Maruzen, oh Maruzen, you can’t be like this, he is a trainer, he will definitely pay attention to many horse girls in the future...

After sorting out her thoughts, she felt much better and quickly recalled what Kitahara had just said.

"…But if she only has this kind of results, she won't be able to participate in the Japan Cup?"

Maruzenski pondered: “Even if the Japan Cup does not have so many restrictions on overseas horse racing girls, it is not completely without restrictions.

“Besides, even if she wants to participate in the Japan Cup, her trainer will not agree considering the subsequent developments.

"I mean, if she had been losing in all the previous tournaments, including OP, Pre-OP, G3, and G2, and suddenly participated in G1, if she lost again, her confidence might never recover from that."

As the vice president of the student union, she is also very familiar with the participants of this Japan Cup.

Although she didn't know everything as well as Kitahara, she had a general idea of ​​the living conditions of a housekeeper.

It is normal to worry afterwards. If Uma Musume wants to win the game, confidence is indispensable, but if she keeps losing, it is hard to say what kind of confidence she can maintain.

"She's not a horse girl who's good at racing on European tracks."

Kitahara said directly: "The European courts are too soft for her, and she can't bring out her foot strength at all.

"Comparatively, the surface in the United States is harder, which is the right stage for her.

“I don’t know why her trainer discovered this so late, but after a string of bad failures in Europe, she returned to the States.

"And once she got back to the U.S., she won a G2 and two G1 second moves."

Maruzenski is also aware of this situation, and judging from the results in the American arena, the strength of the payment manager is not as weak as it seems from the results of the European competitions.

It sounds like there is only one G2 championship and two G1 runner-ups.

But the fact is, with thousands of horse girls debuting every year all over the world, let alone winning a G2, just winning a game is already an outstanding horse girl.

After all, under the current competition system, it is actually the vast majority of cases that Uma Musume does not win a single race in her entire career.

For example, in Japan, more than 7000 horse girls debut every year, and the Central Tresin Academy maintains about 2000 students all year round, but less than one percent can actually step onto the Shining Series championship stage.

The specific situations in the United States and Europe may be slightly different, but the overall situation will not change.

Therefore, the payment manager is not weak, as he can achieve the results of G2 in one move and G1 in two moves.

More importantly, Maruzenski felt that he had guessed why Kitahara valued this horse girl.

"so……"

She groaned for a moment and said, "For a payment manager, the harder the track is, the better she can display her strength.

"And all over the world..."

She pondered for a moment, then began to look around the stadium like Kitahara had just done. "The courts in Japan are famous for being tough..."

Without saying anything, Kitahara nodded silently.

If you judge a horse girl's ability based solely on her wins in memory, the result will often be a misjudgment.

Because the outcome of a race is often affected by the environment, opponents, and field conditions, it cannot fully determine a horse girl's overall situation.

Take the payment manager for example. Kitahara knew very well that this was indeed a G1-level player.

The reason why she didn't achieve particularly impressive results after returning to the United States and stepping onto a more competitive field was not because of her limited abilities.

But the opponents she met were very strong.

For example, in the two G1 games, in the one in September, she met the horse girl Eversunshine, who was like this.

23战8胜6亚，冠军包括3场G1，永恒阳光的战绩放在世界范围内都算很不错的水准。

Especially since this horse girl is more familiar with American tracks than the payment manager who has been in Europe for a long time.

Compared with such an opponent, it is indeed very difficult for Payment Manager to win.

However, even with disadvantages such as familiarity with the venue, the payment manager only lost half a marathon in that game.

So in the final analysis, we cannot judge strength by just looking at wins, but we need to understand the actual participation of Uma Musume in the competition.

As a trainer, Kitahara must be fully aware of these situations.

Not only that, he also knew that the payment steward was not appearing in the Tokyo arena at this moment to train with other European and American horse girls. He was probably hiding somewhere studying Tamamo Cross and Inari Ichi, as well as all the opponents.

If nothing changes, this horse girl will be like him, watching and analyzing the opponent's game videos thousands of times over and over again, and finally formulate a plan against the strongest opponent.

Now many things have changed, and those plans may have to change as well.

But Kitahara speculated that this research idea itself would never change.

That horse racing girl will definitely come up with special tactics to target them.

He has no intention of following the wishes of his college's student council president, and only wants to rely on himself and his targeted tactics to win the Japan Cup...

This kind of horse racing girl is still a bit of a headache...

Although he was aware that due to his influence, many things were different from what he remembered, Kitahara was still a little distressed when faced with this unknown.

However, he felt comforted when he heard Maruzenski sounded a little worried.

“Actually, Maruzen, you don’t have to worry so much,” he said softly, “I admit that for the horse girl who pays the butler, the harder the field, the better she can display her strength.

“The courts in Japan are indeed hard enough.

“But aren’t our horse girls more adapted to this kind of venue?
"So, even if the opponent adapts, we will have more advantages playing at home."

He did not intend to reveal the targeted tactics that the payment manager might use, but wanted to figure it out roughly before discussing it with the team.

So, after comforting him, seeing that Maruzenski's expression had eased, he turned around to look at the situation on the field.

However, before he could raise the binoculars, he caught a glimpse of Maruzen's expression changing and he took out a cell phone from his pocket.

Just by glancing at the screen, the horse girl's expression became strange.

Then, with a playful smile, she held up the phone screen in front of Kitahara.

"Oh no, that's bad~"

She said that, but there was no worry on her face. Instead, she looked very interested. "We were discovered~"

Discovered… ?
Surprised, Kitahara subconsciously looked at the screen.

[Yongwu (President of the Student Union of Yesen College):
Since you two are here, why don't you come down and chat and have afternoon tea together? 】

(End of this chapter)