Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 383 If You Lose Your Job, Come to England with Me

Eleris Glory was stunned.

After a long while, she finally spoke in surprise.

“You…know my sister…?
"No, she has never been to Japan...

“It’s not that famous…

"you……"

She was confused, "How do you know her...?"

"This..."

After looking at Sakura Star King, Huang Jincheng showed a strange smile.

"That's something I'll have to ask the trainer who seems to know everything..."

……

At the same time, the Peak Cup draw venue.

"Ah sneeze——!"

Kitahara sneezed loudly and blew his nose. He was wondering why he hadn't had a cold or fever recently when he heard a concerned voice beside him.

"Are you tired from being busy lately?"

Handing over a bottle of drink, Maruzenski sat next to Kitahara and whispered, "Have a drink."

"I don't feel too tired though...thank you."

After taking the drink, I found it was a bottle of corn-flavored energy drink, one of Uma Musume's preferred flavors.

Kitahara has tried many Uma Musume-style drinks, but he is not used to quite some of the flavors, and corn flavor happens to be one of them.

However, he happened to be thirsty at the moment, and his voice of thanks was a little hoarse. He did not care too much, unscrewed the bottle cap, and drank most of it in gulps.

"It seems that you did talk too much than usual in the meeting room before."

There was a strange look in Maruzenski's eyes, "I really didn't expect that you, who rarely come into contact with such things, would behave like that.

"And I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that you are a little...

"angry?"

In fact, Ellis Glory’s views on the Japan Association are not accidental.

As long as you have a certain understanding of the development of the Japanese Uma Musume industry, it is easy to imagine that, given Japan's current eagerness to keep up with the world, it will never impose such severe penalties on the payment manager.

Judging from Japan’s previous solutions, the current disciplinary measures are mostly proposed by the United States.

But unlike what these people thought, the conditions for punishment this time were the proposal made by Kitahara at the meeting.

Maruzenski was not at the venue at the time. She heard the story from Ludo's symbol when she met him before arriving at the lottery venue and the latter looked astonished.

"…Maybe you can't imagine it, Maruzen. Anyway, maybe that was the first time I saw someone like Kitahara get angry…if that attitude is what anger is."

Rudo said this after briefly describing what happened at the meeting.

In Maruzenski's impression, Kitahara can really be considered to be a bit of a good guy.

There is nothing special to worry about in daily life, and I can handle anything calmly.

Even if it is very troublesome, I can still laugh.

Perhaps the only things that give him a headache are training and competition, which are the only things that matter to him in the eyes of outsiders.

But even if he encounters trouble during training or competition, he will not lose his temper.

He could only patiently and repeatedly instruct the horse racing ladies, and discuss better ways of handling the situation alone or with others.

Maruzenski really found it hard to imagine what someone like Kitahara would be like if he got angry.

I also regret it a bit.

As the vice president of the student union of Japan's Tresen College, she can definitely go to occasions like the meeting.

But when Rudor asked her if she wanted to go, she refused considering the subsequent competition.

But even though she regretted it, she was more interested in what Kitahara looked like at the venue.

Although she couldn't see it with her own eyes at the moment and had heard Lu Duo's description, she still wanted to hear Bei Yuan say it in person.

However, after she asked, Beiyuan remained silent, and she became a little uneasy.

"Well...if there is any difficulty, then actually..."

"Well... it's not that difficult."

Just when Maruzen was about to retreat, Kitahara took the initiative and spoke, “I am angry… yes.

“It’s impossible not to be angry.

“From the very beginning when I started my journey as a trainer, what mattered most to me was never what I could do, but that I wanted the horse girls I coached to realize their dreams, and to do so in a healthy manner.

“I admit, it was exciting to be able to overcome the pain and get back on track to win again.

“Like Pay Butler, being willing to give up everything to win is not without merit.

“But I don’t want that.

“It can even be said that achieving dreams is not that important. What’s important is whether you can keep running.

“As long as you can run, there is hope.

"If I can't even step foot on the playing field, what's the point of talking about dreams?"

As he spoke, Kitahara couldn't help but return to the state he was in at the Ban Council meeting.

Back to the horse girls including Akikawa Yayoi, Rudo Symbol, Lifar, Seattle Slalom, and a group of association members looked at their own status with surprise, astonishment, and dissatisfaction.

“So I cannot endorse the act of paying the butler.

"We also cannot accept the frivolous punishment decision of warning and fine initially issued by the Japanese URA Association.

“Anyone with normal eyesight can see the danger in the situation on the field.

“It’s just a warning and a fine, who can guarantee that this won’t happen again in the next game?

"If the Japan Cup can be done this way, can similar competitions in the future be done this way?

“Can international competitions be like this? Can the Japan Shining Series, which is based on international competitions, be like this?

“Is it possible that only this dangerous running method can produce a wonderful game?
"Does it have to be this risky for Uma Musume to participate in the competition?
"If this is the case, why do we spend huge amounts of manpower and resources every year to improve venues, facilities and training methods?
“Is this all just to get horse girls to participate in increasingly dangerous competitions?
“So I think the decision to warn and fine the association’s staff was inappropriate.

"I think the rules of most international and Japanese competitions should be followed, and penalties such as demotion, suspension, or even cancellation of results should be given.

“Set as a warning to others.”

After saying all this briefly and calmly, Kitahara suddenly realized that the surrounding area was somewhat silent.

Only then did he remember that he was no longer at the Fan Conference venue, but at the draw site for the Peak Cup.

What he just said was almost a replica of what he said during the discussion.

The same is true for the tone used and the gradually increasing volume.

I think the surprised and silent looks from the people around him were probably frightened by his sudden action.

"Ahem... Sorry, sorry, I'm so sorry, sorry to bother you all..."

Those sitting next to him were basically trainers, and most of them knew Kitahara.

No matter what everyone thought of this promising young trainer in their hearts, they were all polite on the surface.

Hearing Kitahara's repeated apologies, everyone looked at him with a comforting look as if it was okay.

In a flash, he looked around and started whispering with his companion.

Although Kitahara's words just now did not state it explicitly, the results of the discussion have been announced through official announcements and broadcasts.

A little thought will reveal that there must be some relationship between the two.

It's no wonder that those whispers were undoubtedly directed at this kind of relationship.

Kitahara has never really cared about other people's opinions.

Therefore, even though he could guess what people around him were talking about, he still acted as if nothing had happened and looked around with an apologetic expression.

As the horse girl who may participate in the competition next, Maruzenski can appear here freely because of her status as the vice president of the student union.

"I'm sorry, Maruzen..." Kitahara apologized in a low voice, "I accidentally got too excited...

"But I am really angry about what happened at the Japan Cup...

"and……

“I didn’t expect that my proposal would be passed at the meeting.

"Especially if Chairman Akikawa and Lu Duo support me...

"Chairman Lifar, President Yongwu...

“There’s even the Seattle president…

“They also support me…

“This is something I could never have imagined…”

Maruzenski was in deep shock.

She had never seen Kitahara like this.

This somewhat aggressive and sharp look made it completely impossible for her to connect it with her usual impression of him.

I have to say, just like the saying "An honest man's temper is the scariest", when Kitahara first raised his voice and sounded stern, she was a little scared.

Then came the shock.

She was aware of Kitahara’s insistence on health and safety in Uma Musume training and competitions.

When accompanying Oguruma and the others in training, she had seen Kitahara emphasize more than once that they must master the key techniques. If they failed to master them firmly, they must not risk injury in carrying out training tasks.

The same is true for competitions.

During the pre-match preparation and post-match inspection and conditioning, the thing the trainer talked about most was to pay attention to safety.

She didn't expect that Kitahara would make such a rebuke-like speech based on this point in the presence of many association members and the head of Tresen Academy, Uma-Musume.

You know, even though Chairman Akikawa, Lu Duo and others know a lot of situations, they can't speak frankly when faced with many long-accumulated problems.

More importantly, Japanese social culture is quite concerned about this kind of "insubordination" behavior.

Since he was born in Britain and lived in Britain for quite a long time, Maruzenski has a very clear understanding of this aspect of Japanese culture.

According to this culture, Kitahara is actually "just" a trainer at Central Tresen Academy.

Above him, in addition to the college council, is the URA association as the management.

Above that there are various departments.

In a sense, as the president of the college student union, Lu Duo has much higher authority and status than Beiyuan.

Normally, for someone like Kitahara who made such a statement in the meeting, the punishment would probably fall on him before it reaches the payment manager.

The lightest punishment is still a warning or a fine.

In more serious cases, the offender will be suspended from work and without pay for reflection.

Even revoking the central trainer’s license is not out of the question.

and so……

He really dares...

"...Aren't you worried about losing your status as a trainer because of that statement...?"

Shocked, Maruzenski didn't think too much and asked subconsciously: "Or did you think about it all at that time...?"

Kitahara was stunned.

"Uh... I don't have anything to think about."

Scratching his head, he became embarrassed, “I just thought of something at the time, and when it was my turn to propose it, I just said it out loud.

"As for losing the status of a trainer..."

He was suddenly slightly startled.

"Eh? It seems...

“Is that so…?”

Kitahara finally remembered that when he was speaking in the conference room, except for Akikawa Yayoi, Rudo and other horse girls, representatives from various URA associations were also present.

Among them, the representative of the Japanese association seemed to actually manage his trainer license.

At least they have the right to deal with suggestions.

If you don't take his speech at the meeting, especially his attitude, seriously, perhaps you can just regard it as a simple speech.

But if someone really takes it seriously, he will inevitably get into trouble given Japan's mainstream workplace hierarchy culture.

This is actually one of the reasons why he has always focused on training and competition.

As long as you focus your thoughts and actions on this aspect and have as little contact with other aspects as possible, you can avoid the possibility of trouble from the beginning.

But the problem is that in the previous discussion, he rarely controlled his emotions.

Now, no matter whether we want to contact each other or not, and no matter what kind of treatment Fanyi gives now, trouble may be inevitable in the future.

"Ah this..."

For a moment, Kitahara felt a bit of a headache.

But even though it was a headache, he was not worried about how to deal with it.

The attitude of the venue itself is nothing more than a statement of attitude. Many Japanese ways of handling things are like this. He has encountered this many times when he was running companies and clubs before.

Today, the Eternal Club also has a dedicated public relations team. If there are any problems in this regard, we can just arrange for them to handle it.

After all, those professionals are paid a lot of money so that they can be useful at times like this.

This is especially true from the perspective of the event structure itself.

Even if he doesn't emphasize it himself, the fact is that he is the trainer of several of the most popular horse girls in the Shining Series, and the club he leads is also very popular at the moment.

In addition to Uma Musume itself, new competitions led by the club are also being launched, and many Uma Musume seniors and rookies also have certain cooperation with the club.

In this case, even if the URA association really wants to investigate the attitude issue, it will let it go after weighing the pros and cons.

So, at most it's just a warning, or a fine...

It's interesting that the punishment that happened to the payment manager in the parallel world happened to me inexplicably...

Secretly amused, Beiyuan was no longer troubled by the issue of the forum.

After thinking about it, he decided to talk to Maruzenski about the next draw.

According to the current progress, the URA Association has decided to use this random method to determine the runaway Uma Girl for this experimental Peak Cup.

This is certainly not a rigorous process, but the competition is in the exploratory stage, so some flaws are normal.

What Kitahara was worried about was that Maruzenski had said a long time ago that he would definitely participate in this competition.

Seeing such a confident look, if he didn't know that Luduo was an absolutely ruthless person, he would have thought that the best friends had some secret conspiracy.

And if it wasn't a conspiracy, Maruzen...

Where does this confidence come from... ?
Confused, Kitahara was about to speak.

However, before he could say anything, he heard a strange and awkward voice from the side.

"Well... actually... how should I put it..."

Looking in the direction of the voice in surprise, Kitahara only saw Maruzenski's head tilted to the side, most of his face covered by his long chestnut hair, and his long ears trembling as if fluttering in the wind.

"Losing my trainer status... shouldn't happen...

"Anyway... I mean... anyway...

"Oh, anyway...

"If Japan really doesn't allow you to be a trainer...

"Would you consider...

"Come with me to England...?"

(End of this chapter)