Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 377 Japan Cup (Medium) (1w3)

Frankly speaking, it was the first time that Kitahara had learned such abstract instructions from a trainer, and it made him very uncomfortable.

What he is good at and what he has always been exposed to are clear plans and programs.

The event cannot be confirmed 100%, such as the time to turn and the time to accelerate, otherwise it will become a computer program.

Even Umamusume mobile games are not that accurate.

But these uncertainties can be determined through training.

The training track is just like the actual competition. After thousands of training sessions, when you really get on the field, it will be as natural as breathing and eating.

This kind of thinking habit definitely has nothing to do with "obsession" or "despair".

For a moment, Kitahara even wanted to ask his colleagues how to quantify obsession, what the standards are, and how to express it specifically.

But in a flash, he realized that this was still his habitual way of thinking.

Moreover, what he needs to do now is perhaps to learn and understand Yuhara's seemingly "abstract" "guidance method" based on this rational thinking.

Just with this thought in mind, when Kitahara and Yusuhara visited Yusuhara Ryuko and then arrived at the preparation area for the Peak Cup, he couldn't help but ask.

The person being questioned is the Ludo symbol in charge of this area.

The student council president who had "accidentally" eaten the "shrinking potion" has finally "grown" back to his original size.

A popular event like the Peak Cup is also a pilot event. As one of the most experienced and outstanding horse racing girls, as well as the student council president and representative of Japan, she is naturally in charge of the preparations.

So, Luduo, who was originally helping his friends with warm-up preparations in a specially arranged lounge, was very surprised when he heard Kitahara's strange question.

"Persistence?"

After looking Kitahara up and down for a while, he silently glanced at Maruzenski who was a little further away, and Luduo coughed twice.

"Ahem, this is really strange. What obsession do you have, Kitahara? Tell me about it."

"Uh...it's not that I have an obsession, it's like this..."

Beiyuan was full of thoughts and did not notice Luduo's eyes. After briefly explaining the conversation with Yuhara, he asked:

"That's about it. So, Luduo... or anyone of you has any experience?"

He looked to the other side of the lounge.

Although the competition format of the Peak Cup has been determined, it is only a trial version, and the specific process of how to conduct the competition is still being explored.

For example, today's venue is temporarily located in the Tokyo Stadium, and the preparation area is a converted conference room.

For a competition tentatively planned as a show, these preparations are enough.

In particular, no matter which side the contestants are, they are all experienced horse racing girls and can complete preparations based on actual training conditions.

On the other side of the lounge, Maruzenski and others were using the equipment temporarily placed here to adjust or check their physical conditions.

"So it's the obsession with the competition..."

After thinking for a while, Lu Duo quickly became serious, "So, this is indeed where you are not good at, Beiyuan.

"After all," she didn't stay serious for too long, and her next sentence had a vague and amusing tone, "You don't understand the mind of the horse girl at all."

Kitahara thought she was talking about what happened at Inari and nodded.

“I admit this, so this time is actually a bit of a learning experience.

"I want to see how Yusuhara and Komiyayama handle this kind of thing, but now it seems that it may not be that simple."

“It’s really not that simple.”

As if changing his expression, Lu Duo regained his serious expression, "Because, this kind of thoughts, often even we ourselves can't explain it clearly."

"……what?"

“Don’t be so surprised,” seeing Beiyuan’s surprise, Lu Duo waved his hand, “Take me as an example.

“Winning the big prize, winning the G1, this was my obsession from the beginning.

"My background has determined that if I don't achieve this, I won't be able to accept myself.

“Then it became about winning the treble and winning the treble without losing.

“Because I already had this opportunity before I stepped onto the classic front.

“After that, remain undefeated.

"Of course you know the result. I have lost the game before."

Spreading his hands, Luduo smiled.

“So, obsessions will change.

“Whether it’s before or after the change, our feelings are actually different.

“If I were to face Inari, facing such a complicated situation, all I could do is share my experience with her.

"If it's a trainer like you, I think..."

Glancing to the side, she smiled even more deeply, "Perhaps the only way is to spend more time with my horse girls and listen to them more often.

“From what you said, I feel that Yuhara has done a very good job in this regard.

"I think your junior sister is not bad either."

“I agree with that.”

Without thinking too much, Kitahara began to reflect, “Maybe I don’t know how to deal with it, so Yuhara told me now.

“But he’s actually handled it much better than I would have.

"If it were me, I mean, if Oguruma and the others encountered something like this, I would probably only be able to focus on training and competition.

"As for my junior sister..."

He smiled bitterly, "She can be with Xiaoyu every day.

"They have a lot in common about their hobbies, daily life, etc.

"So, I might..."

He thought for a moment, "I need to try to understand what Oguruma and the others usually talk about? What are their hobbies and daily routines?"

Rudo symbolizes bright eyes.

She attaches great importance to the training and development of younger generations.

In her eyes, trainer Kitahara is impeccable in 99% of aspects. His attitude, ability, perseverance, etc. are all first-class and outstanding.

To be honest, I can't feel what Uma Musume is thinking, but it's actually not a big deal.

There are many trainers who are unable to do this.

But if this can be achieved, it will be very beneficial to Kitahara himself and to the development of Oguruma and the others.

Of course, for deeper thoughts, she really wanted the trainer in front of her to care about the other horse girl.

That is Maruzenski who was adjusting his condition on the other side.

Although she wasn’t sure about the specific progress, her friend’s recent behavior and her intuition as a fellow horse girl told her that her friend’s relationship was going well.

However, such things must not be said openly.

"Well, I agree with you."

Lu Duo pinched his chin and nodded, "I heard that you always stay in the dormitory to watch game videos or something during your rest time.

“Perhaps, you can spend more time following Xiao Limao and the others out for some fun, and then you’ll get to know them better.

“Of course, it’s also okay to hang out with other horse girls more often.

“You can draw inferences from one instance to another.”

Maruzen, ah Maruzen, as a friend, I can only help you up to this point.

While giving the advice, Luduo also secretly felt emotional.

After getting the approval of this legendary horse racing girl, Kitahara had a rough idea in his mind.

The most important purpose of coming to this lounge is to confirm the preparations for the Peak Cup.

This event occupies a very important position in Kitahara's long-term plan, and the assistance of these horse girls symbolized by Ludo is very necessary.

Deep down, he hopes to have the initiative of the Peak Cup and the Youth Cup which has already been in sight in his own hands.

At present, Japan's URA Association's concepts in this regard are not open and advanced enough, which can be seen from the speed of progress of the event.

If he were in charge of the whole thing, he would be able to set up the entire event structure before the thanksgiving ceremony.

According to that progress, the two new series of events have now been officially held.

We were unable to do so at that time because we did not have enough resources.

Fame, cash flow, horse racing girls to compete in, etc., he lacked every one of these at the time.

Although it has not yet reached saturation, we can already be self-reliant.

More importantly, through long-term accumulation, he has also accumulated a certain amount of fame and resources worldwide.

Outside of Japan, restrictions on Uma Musume racing are much smaller in most regions.

So, taking advantage of the fact that the Japan Cup is attracting more overseas attention than ever before, if he can show the excitement of the Peak Cup and Youth Cup, he is confident that he will be able to truly launch these new series of events in conjunction with the expedition plan next year.

In this case, if one wants to bypass the URA Association and launch the series in the form of a club, two key points must be achieved.

The first is the excitement of the event itself, especially the performance of the Japanese horse girls in today’s event.

If there is a competition, there must be a judging system, and the most important thing about the judging system is its authority.

And winning the first tournament is definitely one of the authoritative factors.

Another key point is whether Luduo and others can fully support this form.

Now, although these legendary horse racing ladies are nominally participating in the Peak Cup at the suggestion of the Eternal Club, in fact the competition will not be held until today.

Before completing the competition, they did hope to have a chance to make a comeback, but before they actually set foot on it, they themselves could not have a strong sense of belonging.

After the competition, they will experience the long-awaited competition firsthand, and I believe they will look forward to new types of competitions even more than they do now.

However, he was not in a hurry to discuss these things with Luduo now.

He has never lacked patience, and he also understands that before the Peak Cup is presented to the world, many subsequent developments are based on assumptions.

So, he patiently confirmed the preparations here with Lu Duo. After confirming that there were no accidents, he rushed to the foreign guest reception office.

There is no way around it. Tamamo Juji and Inari Ichi are undoubtedly the two players who have attracted much attention in this Japan Cup. The enthusiasm shown by the reporters before can well illustrate this point.

Similarly, overseas guests will naturally pay considerable attention to it.

Not only Yongwu, Seattle Slalom, Tony Bianca and others, but horse girls associations from other countries also sent a certain number of visiting personnel.

On the one hand, these personnel will come to understand the reasons for the recent obvious changes in Japan's horse racing girl industry, and on the other hand, they will also observe the Japan Cup closely.

On the other hand, they were all very interested in the prototype of the event at the Thanksgiving Festival and the Peak Cup project announced this time.

Given Kitahara's past work style, he actually didn't want to face these things directly, and usually Akikawa Yayoi, Ludo Symbol and the companies under the name of Yongshi were responsible for negotiations.

Some time ago, he turned down most of the invitations in this regard on the grounds that he was busy with training.

But on the day of the Japan Cup, he, the club chief, will be there no matter what.

For the same reason, since he is here, it would be hard to refuse any invitation.

What's more, it was not until they actually arrived at the reception hall that Kitahara discovered that there was an unexpected guest.

"Surprise! Hahahaha! Kitahara-san, you probably didn't expect Chairman Lifar to come to Japan, did you?"

"Meow meow~"

With the iconic quirk and the matching meowing of the kitten on top of her head, anyone who knows Uma Musume will realize that this is the chairman of Central Tresen Academy, Yayoi Akikawa.

However, for a competition as important as the Japan Cup, Kitahara was not surprised that the chairman, who cares about the horse racing ladies, would definitely be present in person unless there were other crucial matters.

What really surprised him was Lifar, whom Akikawa Yayoi introduced with a big laugh.

"Hello, President Lifar, welcome to Japan."

After the unexpected greetings, Kitahara hesitated, not knowing whether it was appropriate to directly ask the other party about his purpose.

Before he could make a decision, Lifar spoke up.

"It's been a long time since we last met, Mr. Kitahara. You still look as handsome as ever."

After greeting him with a smile, she stretched out her hand with an extremely serious expression.

"I hope you will accept this invitation."

Kitahara then realized that when he entered the hall, Lifar and Akikawa Yayoi seemed to have been waiting for him.

It would be fine if he was just waiting like the invitations from other overseas guests, but the other guests were all sitting a little further away, as if they were giving the main venue for the meeting to him.

The things that Lifar handed over also seemed to have been prepared long ago.

It was a letter that looked quite ordinary. At least there was nothing special about it except that the envelope was very white.

She had been holding the envelope in both hands when Beiyuan came in, and when she handed it to Beiyuan, who took it, she kept a serious expression and looked at the letter very attentively.

He looked like he took Kitahara's next move very seriously.

In this situation, although he couldn't guess what was in the envelope, and there was no message or name on the surface of the envelope, Kitahara could only open it, take out the contents, and look at them carefully.

If he were drinking tea right now, Kitahara could guarantee that he would 100% spray it out.

Even though he didn't drink the tea, he still had the illusion that he was choking.

He never imagined that the letter handed over by Lifar was written by the Queen of England herself.

In this timeline, the Queen of England is still there of course.

But from the perspective of a trainer, Kitahara cares more about the setting of this British queen in this world than the other party's noble status.

He's a pretty good trainer.

That was more than half a century ago.

According to what this world has learned, the Queen of England has loved Uma Musume since she was a child.

Under the guidance of her grandfather, King George V of the United Kingdom at the time, the queen was exposed to knowledge about racehorse girls and trainers in addition to studying in the palace since she was a child.

At the age of six, she was able to serve as a trainer and guide horse girls to participate in competitions.

Of course, that was an entertainment match outside of official competitions like the Shining Series.

Even though it was just a recreational match, it was enough to show that in addition to her family background, the Queen of England also had a great talent as a trainer.

When she was 23 years old, the Queen of England signed an agreement with the horse racing girl Asukhan and she officially became a professional trainer.

Just three days later, another horse girl she signed, Mona Wen, won the Fontville race.

After that, she inherited the throne and became the queen. She still did not give up her identity as a horse racing girl trainer, and announced that she would continue to participate in horse racing girl competitions as the king of a country.

Not only that, she also inherited the Royal Tresham College and Royal Ascot Racecourse in the UK, and has a complete competition system from selection, education to debut and competition.

With the top competition resources, the racing results of the horse girls guided by the Queen of England are also quite impressive.

The most respected event in the UK's Shining Series system is the prototype of the Japan Classic.

That is, the St. Leger's Stakes, the Epsom Derby, the 2,000 Guineas, the Epsom Oaks, the 1,000 Guineas.

The first three races are the British Classic Triple Crown, and the St. Leger and the last two races are the female Triple Crown events.

Among the horses coached by the Queen, Carrozza won the Oaks, Pommer won the 2,000 Guineas, Highclere won the 1,000 Guineas, and Dunfermline won the Oaks and St. Leger.

Among them, Dunfermline, the classic double crown horse girl, also received a high score of 133 points in the international association's scoring system.

With such achievements, the Queen has undoubtedly won the honor of British Trainer of the Year twice, and has received countless other honors.

Of course, for this distinguished Queen of England, those glories cannot compare to her status itself.

But it is enough to prove that she is not just playing around in the horse racing girl industry for fun, but is seriously doing everything that a "trainer" should do.

To be fair, from a trainer's perspective, Kitahara is quite impressed by the Queen's training abilities.

Assuming that he had not known many things about Uma Musume in advance, and if he had so many resources, he might not have been able to achieve what others had.

It is very likely that without knowing the potential of Oguruma, he would only think that he, the number one horse girl, is very powerful, but due to the limitations of his local vision, he would not think of participating in the Classic Triple Crown.

At most, he might be satisfied if he could participate in some big rewards at the Nagoya stadium, such as winning a well-known local competition like the Tokai Derby.

Moreover, even if we take into account the predictive part, it is hard to say whether we can achieve the same achievements as others in the future.

Today, although he has the most wins among trainers of the same age, he even has the amazing achievement of being an undefeated triple crown horse girl.

But these honors and achievements are limited to Japan.

Whether it will be recognized worldwide is actually an unknown.

You should know that after Ludo won the triple crown symbolizing an undefeated record, he did not become famous directly worldwide.

It was not until she won the Japan Cup and defeated a number of overseas opponents head-on that she received her current international recognition.

So, I still have a long way to go and a long way to go...

However, this personal invitation...

Shocked and shocked by this handwritten letter from the Queen of England, Kitahara subconsciously recalled the Queen's experience in the horse racing girl industry, but did not forget to read the contents carefully.

Compared to the unexpected origin of the letter, the content was easy to understand.

It was because of the recent obvious development of the Japanese horse racing girl industry that the Queen far away in England noticed this.

And I don't know if it's a guess or a trainer's quality, but compared to the economic growth and popularity of the industry, she cares more about the Youth Cup and Peak Cup competition system, as well as a group of horse girl rookies who "suddenly" emerged at the Thanksgiving Festival.

To this end, she specially entrusted Lifar, who was familiar with Kitahara, to take the letter and invite Kitahara to have a private meeting when he visits the UK next time.

Putting aside the other party's prominent status, just considering the trainer's thoughts, Kitahara could quickly think of the Queen's thoughts.

In a sense, very few trainers in Japan could understand what he was doing.

The training concept in Japan is still focused on the competition and training itself, and does not consider macro-content such as the competition system, industry development, and the training of horse girls.

In other words, these are the results of the joint efforts of the entire industry and cannot be achieved by a single individual.

At the very least, this is the case for most trainers except Kitahara. Even the URA Association, which is in charge of the competition system, may not be able to handle all aspects of the affairs involved.

However, this queen is no ordinary trainer.

With the entire royal family as a foundation, she can do everything from discovering new horse girls, to training, to research, to competitions, and to the exploration of new competition systems.

If only she could think of it.

This part that I thought of is indeed Kitahara's advantage.

But for the Queen of England, even if she couldn't think of many things due to the limitations of the times, it was normal for her to figure them out since Kitahara had done it.

So it is obvious that what Her Majesty the Queen wanted to discuss during the meeting was, unsurprisingly, how Kitahara built its competition system and how to discover horse racing girls like Special Week, Good Opera and Silent Suzuka.

This is what trainers with a macro perspective value most.

In order to discover this, one must come up with an appropriate explanation, and the letter did not mention the specific time and place of the meeting, so there was ample opportunity to think about it.

He didn't have to think about building the competition system at all, as he had a ready-made plan.

This invitation also made him very excited.

He was originally thinking about how to break free from the limitations in Japan and promote the envisioned competition system more smoothly.

With this invitation, if we can reach an agreement with the Queen of England, wouldn’t it be very likely that we can achieve our goal in one step?
For a moment, Kitahara was greatly encouraged and had the urge to rush to the office immediately to start planning.

But at this time, Lifar was still waiting for a response, and there were other overseas guests to negotiate with, so this impulse had to be abandoned.

The reception room was visited not only by Lifar, who represented the UK, but also by relevant personnel from the corresponding URA associations in other European countries where the horse racing girl industry is thriving, as well as the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.

It was just that before Lifar came to Kitahara, he had hinted to her that he had an invitation of great importance and hoped to negotiate with Kitahara first, so Akikawa Yayoi made this arrangement.

The invitation letter must have been accompanied by some verbal instructions, but it was not appropriate to discuss them in detail in public.

So, after briefly talking to Lifar and expressing his honor to receive the invitation, Kitahara communicated with the guests present one by one according to Akikawa Yayoi's arrangement.

The whole arrangement was not just for Kitahara alone. He had been avoiding most of the meeting invitations on the grounds of training before, and now he has gathered them all together at once. It seems that he really wants to have an exclusive interview.

In fact, before Kitahara came, Akikawa Yayoi had already completed most of the negotiations with members of various URA associations as a representative of the Japanese side.

The inquiries Kitahara received were mainly personal inquiries, which were basically the same as the letter forwarded by Lifar, mostly invitations to visit.

This made Kitahara secretly sigh with emotion as he confirmed and agreed to each one.

Going on overseas expeditions was part of his plan from the beginning. Even without these invitations, he would definitely take Uma Musume with him to these countries and regions.

But during his previous two visits to the UK and the US, no one took the initiative to invite him. He just found ways to entrust the people and horse racing girls he could contact to him.

Now that these regions have taken the initiative to invite us, many things will become much more convenient.

The meeting lasted for a long time. Due to their busy schedule, neither Kitahara, Akikawa Yayoi, nor Lifar had time to pay too much attention to the specific situation on the field.

But everyone here knows that what everyone is most concerned about is undoubtedly today's finale event, the Japan Cup.

Knowing the differences in different timelines, Kitahara understands even more clearly that if it were not for the influence he brought, this Japan Cup, himself, the other horse racing girls in Japan, and even the entire horse racing girls industry in Japan would hardly have received the current level of attention.

With this in mind, halfway through the negotiations, he began to think about the wording for the Japan Cup.

Since Akikawa Yayoi specially arranged him here, when the event officially starts, the focus of the guests present will definitely be on him, the club chairman, in addition to the game itself.

Having prepared in advance, his answers were orderly from the interview session before the Japan Cup. At least on the surface, the interrogators all looked satisfied.

But Kitahara knew very well that these were just “appetizers”.

The highlight will not be revealed until the start of the race, and the inquiries and attention you face at that time will be the most tiring.

And just as he expected, when the pre-match interviews, the debut circle, the warm-up and other links were over and the commentator's voice became so excited that he could hardly conceal it, the reception room fell silent almost instantly.

"The contestants are starting to enter!
“One by one, the contestants stepped onto the grass!

"Come from America to join the war! Use your strong body as a weapon to seize glory! Michelle baby!!
"Both her beauty and footwork are world class! Can the New Zealand horse girl show her will?! Glory to Elerith!!
"The moonlight from England once again illuminates the grass of Japan! We want to avenge last year's defeat! Moonlight Madness!!
"The beautiful Umamusume that Japan is proud of once in a century! Can she overwhelm the whole world with her strength?! Golden City!!
"Break through the shadow of injuries for nearly a year! Shine on the grass again! Sakura Star King!!
"Mysterious lone ranger before the game! Assassin from America! Pay butler!!
"Like a flame burning from the middle to the center! The rampaging Ooi child! Inariichi!!
"Super hot foreign player! A treasure born in Italy! The European champion appears in Fuchu's arena!! Tony Bianca!!
“And the next person to appear is the most popular person in the hall who can even surpass the world-class giants!

“The first time in history that the Emperor has won the Spring and Autumn consecutive championships!

“Looking at Japan, there is no rival!
“Our White Lightning is about to challenge the world!

“Tamamo Cross!!!” In the commentary introducing the horse girls who appeared, Kitahara focused not on Tamamo Cross, nor Inari Ichi, nor Toni Bianca, who were all highly popular horse girls.

But the explanation uses the least words to pay the butler.

In any case, Parallel Lines can win this Japan Cup, and it would be too arrogant to not care at all.

But this kind of attention is not a sign of vigilance, but a confirmation of the other party's status.

Kitahara has not conducted any face-to-face investigations.

However, with long-term accumulation, his or the Eternal Club's data collection and analysis capabilities are beyond the imagination of ordinary trainers.

Just by watching the game videos, we analyze them frame by frame, extract the data, perform corresponding mathematical modeling, and put them into the Shining Glory's constantly upgraded program for rendering simulation.

This way of preparing for competitions is many generations ahead of the world's average level.

Therefore, even if the payment manager still wants to use surprise tactics like in the parallel dimension, as long as her previous game training data can be mastered, the corresponding plan can be rehearsed and simulated.

Kitahara felt relieved when he saw the payment manager on the projection screen in the living room, who looked just as he remembered, wearing a punk-style suit and with a cynical smile on his face.

It's not like you can tell the other party's tactical plans by looking at their appearance.

Instead, we can tell from the other person's dress and behavior that this has not changed.

Then, the pre-match preparations can be carried out as planned.

only……

Staring at the screen, Kitahara sighed in amusement.

She... no, not only pays the butler...

The hostility of these overseas horse racing ladies towards Xiaoyu is... too obvious...

You can see through the screen, no matter which country or region the horse racing girls are from, no matter where they are in the racetrack at the moment.

Without exception, their eyes were focused on the little man who appeared last.

As luck would have it, each of them was much taller than her, so their gazes seemed to be condescending for no reason.

Facing the aggressive gazes of the crowd, Tamamo Cross was surprised to find that he did not have any emotion at all.

She thought she would be a little annoyed.

After all, during the pre-match interview, a bunch of random reporters asked a bunch of random questions.

Like winning the match against Oguri without a fight, and whether or not he has the confidence to win the Japan Cup after the Ludo symbol.

So boring.

If Komiya hadn't reminded me in advance, I would have really been angry.

In fact, I am still angry, or at least a little upset.

But perhaps it was what happened in the underground passage that made her feel that none of these things mattered.

According to the rules of the competition, the most popular person usually appears as the last performer.

She was the last one to leave before coming out of the underground passage.

And these opponents who were looking down at him would inexplicably say a few words to him before they came on stage.

Some of them she simply couldn't understand.

For example, Tony Bianca, can he speak Japanese? We can’t understand Italian.

I can understand English.

"You are the best umamusume in Japan? Well, looks like not well. Are you kid?"

The general meaning is that I, the most powerful horse racing girl in Japan, am not that good.

I remember it was said by a big fool from America.

I really don't know how he grew so tall.

I don't know why he looks so stupid.

Is it fun to say such boring things before the game?

There were also some who didn't talk much, like the British horse racing girl, she just said hello.

There was also the one with a scar on her face, who seemed to be from New Zealand. She simply didn't say much.

The one who was dressed strangely said a lot.

Looking at the payment manager dressed in punk clothes, Tamamo crossed her arms and frowned slightly.

He greeted me in a familiar way and used strange words like "How are you?" and "My condition is perfect."

But perhaps it was because of this that she calmed down.

Because she remembered that when they were preparing for the battle, the uncle Kitahara must have said something.

What did you say...

correct.

"Don't worry, I can't guarantee anything else, but I can guarantee that the running tactics that the opponents will use are all within the scope of the plan and you can deal with them.

“So, no matter what your opponents say before or during the game, it only means that they know very little about you.

“Because they don’t understand you, they say a lot of things, even trash talk, because they want to see your reaction and get to know you better.

“That is, the more you say, the less you say.

"So, can you two understand this?"

At that time, Tamamo Cross really wanted to complain, there was nothing I could understand about this.

What does "the more you talk, the less you say" mean?

How strange.

But now, as if she had forgotten these words, she felt for no reason that these opponents who had said so many nonsense to her in the underground passage were now staring at her covetously.

In fact, it is because they don’t understand themselves at all.

They didn't know what tactics they would adopt or how they would run next.

So, they said a lot, but it was the same as saying nothing.

This is what "the more you talk, the less you say" means...

Hey, that's interesting...

Oh, by the way, not only do they not understand me, they also don’t understand that guy…

Unconsciously, she looked to her side.

Coincidentally, there was also a pair of eyes looking over there.

Unlike those guys not far in front, this gaze was looking straight at him.

"Hey, we're going to compete together again."

Subconsciously grinning, revealing his little fangs, Tamamo Cross laughed, "It must have been quite a while since the last time, Inari?"

Standing next to the Tamamo Cross was none other than Inariichi.

He was doing the same flexion and extension movements as the Tamamo Cross, and when he saw her looking at him and heard her words, Inari did not respond reflexively as usual.

Instead, he remained silent, turned his head, looked forward, stretched, and took a deep breath.

"A little over 29 days and 22 hours, to be exact."

Inari Ichiya grinned, speaking much calmer than before, "The Emperor's Autumn Viewing Event will be held more than an hour later than today's Japan Cup.

"Otherwise, it's a full 30 days."

Such precise memory of time made Tamamo Cross dazed for a moment, and in a moment, she smiled again.

"Ha! It seems that your goal today is to defeat me! Then let's give it a try!"

Subconsciously, Tamamo Cross prepared himself mentally.

Because in the past, such provocative remarks would inevitably be met with a retort from Inari.

What followed was a routine quarrel.

But this time, Inari hesitated in a very strange way.

"Have I ever defeated you? Indeed, I have. So far, I have never completely defeated you once."

When she said this, her eyes were not looking in the direction of her friends, but were staring directly at her overseas opponents in front of her.

"But as for my situation... well, anyway, you look very stressed today.

"If you ask me, you should deal with them first before thinking about fighting me."

Although he sensed Inari's somewhat strange reaction, the following words were still familiar responses, and Tamamo Cross smiled even more.

"Don't worry, I will save enough strength to compete with you!"

As the most popular player in the Japan Cup that day, Tamamo Cross naturally received the most attention.

But not all the horse racing girls in the preparation area in front of the gate were paying attention to her.

"Acheng seems to be in pretty good shape today."

Standing next to the Golden City and stretching his body a little, Sakura Star King smiled and said, "It seems that if I want to win today, I will have to spend a lot of energy."

"In this situation, shouldn't you be most concerned about that junior over there?"

Under the familiarity, Huang Jincheng responded casually, “Tamamo is not a horse girl who can be ignored casually, and the same goes for Inari.

"Besides, aren't there many world-class horse racing girls here?"

As she spoke, she naturally pointed in the direction of the overseas horse racing girls.

Then he was slightly stunned.

In the direction she pointed, a famous horse racing girl was looking at her with one hand on her slender waist and a calm gaze.

In her spare time, Huang Jincheng often participates in magazine photo shoots and endorsement activities, and has met quite a few outstanding horse racing girls.

But counting those horse racing girls and herself, she still felt that the appearance of the horse racing girl in front of her seemed to be even better.

Even though the other person had a thin, light pink scar on his left cheek, it did not affect her evaluation.

Rather, the scar adds a sharpness to the appearance, making it more attractive.

She soon remembered that this was the New Zealand horse racing girl mentioned in the commentary, Ellis Glory, who possessed world-class beauty.

"Gold City..."

Realizing that his gaze had been spotted by Huang Jincheng, Elelis Glory did not avoid it, but said calmly: "You're prettier than you look in the magazines."

“I’m relieved you seem to be more than just your looks.”

Huang Jincheng often comes into contact with the fashion industry, and there are many inquiries from the Paris Fashion Week. Huang Jincheng's English is very good, and he immediately understood what Ellis Glory meant.

"Thank you."

Facing the provocative words from the other party, Huang Jincheng thanked him and chuckled, "How about abut a picture after the race?"

Elelis Glory did not respond to this inquiry, but instead looked at the Sakura Star King who was looking at him with curiosity.

Compared to Golden City, Sakura Star King's English level is not that good. She could only roughly understand what Eleris Glory said just now.

"Hey... No... Hello, that..."

Lacking experience in English communication, facing Elelis's glorious gaze, Sakura Star King stuttered, "How are you?"

"Sakura Star O...Satsuki Shō...Kikuka-shō..."

After reciting the name of the Sakura Star King and the two victories in the Gaoyue Sho and the Chrysanthemum Sho, Eleris Glory nodded slightly as a greeting.

Then she turned and walked towards the gate, leaving behind a few words in English in a nonchalant tone.

"Picture...perhaps, as you say, after the JC."

"JC is us Southern Hemisphere umamusumes' one-in-a-million chance.
“To show the world our true abilities…

"So, everything is after the JC."

"Uh... Ah Cheng, what did she just say...?"

Sakura Star King had trouble understanding the string of English words left by Elelis Glory, and she couldn't help but look towards the Golden City for help.

"Hmm... maybe he said something like he takes the Japan Cup very seriously."

After thinking for a while, Huang Jincheng explained: "As far as I can remember, New Zealand can only participate in a few international events, and the Japan Cup is one of them. She probably wants to prove something in this competition."

"Wow, that's amazing, Acheng, not only can you understand what she said, but you also know the situation in New Zealand."

“That’s not something I understand.”

Facing his friend's praise, Huang Jincheng chuckled, "When I was studying with Tamamo and the others at the Eternal Club, I heard Kitahara tell me about this. Don't you remember it?"

"So," Sakura Star King recalled, "it seems that there is a little bit..."

Huang Jincheng's trainer is Rokuhei Ginjiro. Originally, due to the injury of Sakura Star King, she had almost no interest in participating in the competition and was once in a state of retirement.

And with her friend's comeback, she also returned to the court.

Since Rokuhei Ginjiro went to the United States for further studies and had a competition scheduled, for convenience, Huang Jincheng's actual training was under the guidance of the Eternal Club.

The situation is similar for Sakura Star King. After the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Ceremony, she rested from her injuries for more than half a year. During this period, she terminated the contract with her original trainer. Now, she is also training under the name of Rokuhei Ginjiro, but is actually training at the Eternal Club.

Japan's URA Association currently does not have detailed regulations in this regard. In principle, the competition can be held in this way, but in name, the two horse girls are not responsible for the Eternal Club.

"Well, he should be one of the few trainers in Japan who has a good understanding of international affairs."

Huang Jincheng nodded and said, "Take this Japan Cup for example, let's not talk about whether we have done enough homework on these overseas opponents beforehand.

“People have been in Japan for such a long time, but because of the rules and face, they don’t conduct any investigation at all.

“I admit that the past match records of these opponents are all in foreign languages, which are difficult to find and understand.

“But if you can’t find it or understand it, you can just watch other people’s training on site.

"The result... never mind, I won't tell you."

She chuckled again, shrugged, shook her head, and looked at the slightly frowning Sakura Star King, "Anyway, it's enough for us to know the situation of our opponents.

"leftover……"

She raised her chin in the direction of the glory of Elerith and took a step forward.

"We'll talk about it after the Japan Cup."

As if some kind of switch had been turned on, with Eleris Glory, Golden City and the others taking the lead, the contestants of the Japan Cup approached the gate one by one.

As the gate was entered, the commentary became much calmer, in stark contrast to before.

“Okay, all the horse girls have entered the gate.

“Will the winner be the overseas horse racing girls, or the Japanese horse racing girls?

"This is the Japan Cup, G1, 2400 meters on grass, which is attracting worldwide attention...

"Start!"

When the commentary became quiet, the voices of the audience, who had been cheering for the horse racing ladies, also became several degrees quieter.

Just like adding more water to stop the boiling pot, the scene became boiling again as the start signal was given.

The commentator instantly regained the excitement that had lasted for almost a whole day.

“There were no missed starts and all the race girls had a great start!

“And they carried out a preemptive snatch right in front of the audience seats!
“In this race, Sakura Xingwang, a contestant from the Sakura family, has excellent adaptability to escaping horses. She was very fast out of the gate and took the lead!

"Her fierce rival, the Golden City player, followed closely behind!
“Mejiro Dylan from the Mejiro family has also performed well in the past, and she chose the same tactic this time!

“It’s Japanese Umamusume!
“At the beginning, three Japanese horse racing girls took the lead!
"The next thing is...

“We are the most popular in the hall!

“Tamamo Cross!!

“Tamamo Cross has demonstrated her strong and excellent running adaptability through many exciting races. In addition to leading, she has proven that she can win in three running styles: leading, trailing and chasing.

“This time she chose to go first! She followed closely behind the three leading horse girls!

“And those who are also in the vanguard…

“It’s the Moonlight Madness contestant and the Michelle Baby contestant!

“In this race, the overseas horse ladies did not fight for the lead and did not seem to intend to set the pace right from the start.

“But the competition for their position is very fierce!
“Moonlight Madness and Michelle Baby are pressing Tamamo Cross’ position very hard. They seem to be testing Tamamo Cross’s tactical running style!

“It may also be possible to try to influence Tamamo Cross’s decision!

"It's very rare to give up the lead and fight for the lead. Can Tamamo Cross handle it?"

The commentator made some mistakes due to excitement.

It's not that there was anything wrong with the game.

On the track, the leading team after leaving the gate was led by Sakura Star King, Huang Jincheng, and Mejiro Dylan as the commentator introduced.

Looking down from their positions, the three horse racing girls formed a Chinese character “品” (Chinese character for “品”) shape, like an arrow, rushing towards the first bend at lightning speed along the straight road facing the audience seats.

Following closely behind is the second "arrow".

Tamamo Cross, Moonlight Madness, and Michelle Baby are also arranged in the shape of a Chinese character “品”.

But compared to the collar position, this "品" is flatter, and it is more appropriate to say that it is a horizontal "目".

But when viewed from the front, it looks like an "concave" rushing towards you.

The Tamamo Cross is too obviously short.

Although Moonlight Madness is not much taller than Tamamo Cross, he is only about 1 meters tall.

But with her slim figure, she looks much taller than she actually is.

Baby Michelle is much taller.

Completely different from the cute-sounding name, this horse girl is nearly two meters tall. Even when she leans forward while running, she is still much taller than Tamamo Cross at first glance.

A quick visual inspection will reveal that the Tamamo Cross only reaches the chest of this horse girl.

In such a game situation, the commentator must report it truthfully.

However, analysis of the events is the responsibility of the guests, and being the commentator is considered to be stealing work.

However, this kind of situation often occurs in intense competitions, so neither the commentator himself, the guests, nor the audience noticed it.

The guests only added to the commentary in between the live broadcasts.

“Perhaps because they are not familiar with the Japanese racing scene, the overseas horse racing ladies seem to be very conservative in their initial choices.

"They probably want to wait and see, determine some situations, and then make some tactical adjustments at the appropriate positions.

“For example, the first bend.”

The guests spoke very fast, and the horse racing ladies were not slow either.

Almost as soon as the guest finished speaking, the racing team was about to pass in front of the audience seats and gradually approached the entrance of the first bend.

“Most of the horse girls are indeed ranked quite far back.

“The European champion Tony Bianca is in a good position, where he should be able to observe the situation well.

“The players of Payment Butler and Elerlis Glory are also in this position.

"Maybe they...eh?"

After making an unexpected sound, the commentator quickly adjusted his state.

“Contestant Inari’s decision today was somewhat special.

“In this match, she once again competed against Tamamo Cross.

“In the past, when faced with this kind of match, she would mostly choose to stay close to Tamamo Cross.

“But this time she chose to chase after him.

“Inari is very adaptable in chasing after the opponent, and she has won the championship in one go before.

“It seems that she wanted to run in this aggressive way, facing different opponents than usual.

"Well, let's check the match situation again...ah!"

An exclamation came from the broadcasts across the stadium.

Unlike the previous harmless situations, this exclamation directly caused the radio to produce a piercing and sharp explosion.

But no audience cared about the commentator's obvious mistake.

For Japanese fans at this stage, only a few will take the initiative to participate in overseas competitions, and the only Japanese competition that is in line with international standards is the Japan Cup held once a year.

So, after the people in the audience noticed the change in the game, the uproar that suddenly resounded throughout the Tokyo stadium completely overwhelmed the abnormality in the broadcast.

"what happened……?!"

“Hey hey…?! Just now…”

"Wait! Is that action allowed?!"

"Where will the referee be?! Why would there be such a dirty move during the game?!"

Amid the uproar, the commentator finally recovered after the exclamation and reported the actual situation on the field in an obviously hurried manner.

"The race team entered the first corner, but...

"However, when entering the bend, the horse girls in the front seemed to have some physical collisions..."

(End of this chapter)