Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 416: Sparring with Overseas Opponents

Faced with Oguruma's doubts, Kitahara thought for a moment and simply and directly explained that he still needed some time to prepare and would proceed according to the plan for the time being.

Having always trusted his arrangements, both the horse girls and trainers quickly accepted this statement.

After arranging some details of the special training, Kitahara returned to the college dormitory to sort out the problems he had encountered.

When facing Oguruma and the others, he did not explain the whole thing, because even if the facts could be accepted, the mention of Umamusume would still inevitably lead to some emotional changes.

Parallel running training is different from formal competitions. Many conditions are preset so that you can react in the shortest time possible when encountering the same or similar situations in the competition.

This method obviously cannot bring out the full strength of the horse racing girls, and only shows their most prominent aspect.

As for Oguri, who is completely in sprinting state, the only one of her generation who can really give her enough pursuit pressure is probably Inari Ichi. Both Tamamo Cross and others need actual combat to achieve the extraordinary effect.

There are even fewer suitable options in the younger generation category.

There are some girls whose development conditions are similar to those of Oguruma, such as Shiraishi, Choichi George and other horse girls.

But don't mention that they just debuted. Even if they were the same age and had the same competition experience as Ogurume, it would be almost impossible for the backfoot to put pressure on Ogurume.

The same goes for Mejiro McQueen and East Sea Emperor, their estimated debut time is even later.

As for the later ones such as Miyu and Miura Bourbon, the gap in strength is even greater now.

Moreover, even if Oguri's foot has not undergone various special trainings, it is still at the top level of the same generation and the previous and next generations. This is actually the reason why Kitahara spends more energy on various training arrangements.

There is no problem with the choice of seniors.

In fact, the running opponent arranged for Oguruma, in addition to cooperating with Inari, is mainly represented by Ludo.

Even though most of these seniors have their own jobs or similar training, they can still find time for special training with limited conditions such as sprint.

A stage of training happened to be completed during this period, and special training was arranged after the rest day. Considering the richer training arrangement, Kitahara also wanted to try to negotiate with some horse girls.

When he woke up the next day, he got up as usual and walked towards the dining room. As expected, he saw Maruzenski had already helped prepare breakfast and was sitting at the dining table in a daze. Kitahara walked over naturally.

"It seems like you've been daydreaming a lot lately, Maruzen..."

After thinking for a while, he asked tentatively: "Did something happen?"

“…Ah? No.”

Coming back to his senses, his ears twitched, his cheeks slightly reddened, and Maruzenski smiled, "Maybe...maybe it's your illusion, Kitahara. Anyway...anyway, let's eat first."

Although hesitant, Kitahara still picked up the bowl and chopsticks.

Probably after returning from the Kitajima family, Maruzenski started to be in a daze.

Not only was he in a daze, but his face suddenly turned red and his ears kept shaking.

If he sits at the table, he will fold his arms on the table, bury his head in his arms, twist his body back and forth, and wag his tail.

If you sit on the sofa or on the edge of the bed, you will fall on the sofa or bed, hugging a pillow or clamping a quilt, and twisting your body even more violently.

At first, Kitahara was a little confused and worried.

But one time I couldn't help but try to pat her, wanting to ask her something or comfort her, but I got scared instead and then was comforted by her.

“Ah——! I was so scared, Kitahara… I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I screamed too loudly just now, are you okay…?”

That’s pretty much how it unfolds.

This time he also wanted to reach out and pat Maruzen, but the scream he heard last time almost broke his eardrums, so Kitahara ate obediently.

But soon, he couldn't help but speak again.

"that……"

"By the way, Kitahara, you've been..."

They were all stunned after speaking in unison, and Kitahara was the first to react.

"It's okay, just tell me first."

"That……"

After hesitating for a moment, Maruzenski quickly smiled and said, "I saw in your work schedule that there is a plan for horse girls who need to run side by side in the special training plan.

“And the reference conditions are also written.

"I took a look and felt that Luduo and I were definitely suitable. As for the missing parts..."

She thought for a moment, "What do you think of the overseas players participating in the Japan Cup this time?"

Kitahara was stunned again, because what Maruzenski said was exactly what he planned.

After the Japan Cup ended, the overseas players did not leave immediately, but basically stayed in Japan for a few days.

This has been the norm in previous Japan Cups, as these horse racing girls almost regarded their stay after the race as an overseas tour.

Compared with previous times, this time the overseas players stayed longer after the game.

Some have returned to their home countries, while others are still in Japan.

Kitahara's idea is that if nothing unexpected happens, the strength shown by Tamamo Juji, Inari Ichi and others in the Japan Cup should be enough to refresh the views of many overseas horse racing girls on this side.

At the beginning, we also learned that some horse girls are paying more attention to Japan's training level and competition situation than before.

Then properly inviting them to participate in parallel running training can not only improve the special training level of Oguruma and others, but also lay a foundation for future overseas expeditions.

As for the other party's understanding of Oguruma and the others during the training process, this is definitely unavoidable, but it is not something that must be taken into consideration.

When we go overseas, or if it has already started now, those future opponents will sooner or later pay attention to us horse girls, so there is no need to worry too much.

"I think so too."

Nodding, Kitahara thought: "Besides, I originally wanted to ask you if you could help me communicate with them.

"I remember you told me that you and Saratani seemed to be somewhat familiar with each other?"

"Well... I think I'm quite familiar with him."

After laughing, Maruzenski recalled: “To be precise, she was more familiar with her predecessor, Dunfimlin.

"Kitahara, you should know this too, right?"

Beiyuan nodded, "As I recall, you two should be considered the same generation."

"Yeah, me and her...let me think about it."

Putting his finger on his chin, Maruzenski raised his head slightly and murmured, "It seems... it seems to be similar to the relationship between Xiao Jinchuan and her weird sisters and friends."

Hearing this, Kitahara couldn't help but laugh.

The little golden ship naturally refers to the golden ship, and the strange sisters are the Golden Master and Dream Journey.

As for friends, they are horse racing girls like Lu Yi Tong and Noble Lady who are about the same size as the Golden Ship.

Since Master Jinlang had agreed with Beiyuan a long time ago to let these little ones come to Tresen College from time to time to "broaden their horizons", they often come to play. They really come to play. Under the leadership of the horse racing girls headed by the Golden Ship, they don't pay much attention to the formal training. They are visibly becoming more and more proficient in chess, board games, and ball games.

Not only these few of them, but also the older horse racing girls sometimes come along to play.

This kind of thing originally seemed a bit ridiculous to a trainer like Komiya who was more meticulous. Super Xiaohaiwan, who was more accustomed to caring about other horse girls, would also check from time to time to see if they were having too much fun and accidentally had any accidents.

Kitahara thought it didn't matter.

He knew that Golden Ship was a special horse racing girl. Although she could play for fun, she would never neglect professional training.

The same was true for the other little ones. In fact, when they were playing with their seniors, they often asked about some common sense and knowledge about race walking.

As for the older horse girls, whether it is Special Week, Good Opera, Mejiro McQueen, East Sea Emperor, or others, they all have their own school tasks, and there is no situation of them indulging in fun, neglecting their studies or training.

Of course, theoretical learning in school may be difficult to say, but there is no need to worry about training. This may be because horse girls naturally yearn for running.

After laughing for a while, Beiyuan thought about it.

“Perhaps, if we go overseas next year after the horse anniversary, if these little guys are more obedient and the family is more at ease, we can take them with us to see some competitions abroad.

"It's not that the Japanese competition is not exciting, but compared to the world... maybe it's still too small."

"Yeah, that's what I thought too."

Maruzenski couldn't help but hold his cheeks in response, "If we take those little guys with us, it will feel like...

"Ahh! That's right! Since we're going to discuss special training with them... I, I mean Saratani and the others, then we should leave as soon as possible!

"I, I'm going to change my clothes! Kitahara, you should change your clothes too!"

Suddenly he stood up in a panic and rushed out of the dormitory in a panic. Maruzenski disappeared in an instant, leaving Kitahara alone sitting at the dining table in a daze.

What's going on here?
There is still so much breakfast left to eat...

Worried about wasting food and not knowing what was going on with Maruzenski, Kitahara could only finish the entire table of breakfast by himself.

So, on the way to the hospital with Maruzenski, I felt a little bit full.

The reason for going to the hospital was because Maruzensky said that on the phone, Sarantany indicated that she was in the hospital.

It’s not that the horse girl was sick or something unexpected happened after the race.

Instead, Tony Bianca discovered during further examination after the game that there seemed to be some problems with the bones in his foot.

In order to confirm the situation, the Italian horse racing girl has to come to the hospital from time to time during this period, and she has even stayed in the hospital in the past two days.

As both were horse racing girls from Europe, they knew each other, so Saratani came to visit.

Maruzenski was a little worried about Tony Bianca's hospitalization, and Kitahara felt that it was justified despite his worries.

After all, in another world, Tony Bianca broke his leg while running in the Japan Cup. Now in this timeline, it is just found that there may be a problem, which in a sense is a blessing in disguise.

According to the address, they came to the Uma Musume department of Tokyo Central Hospital. After confirming the location of the ward and knocking on the door to enter, Kitahara and Maruzenski were both intoxicated by the flowers that filled the room.

It can be said to be a sea of ​​flowers. From the door to the bed, from the bed to the window and the bathroom, flowers are everywhere.

They all look very fresh, with dewdrops still hanging on many of the flowers and leaves, as if they had just been picked.

"This is……?"

Maruzenski rubbed his nose and was surprised.

"It was sent by a fan... probably."

Kitahara was also surprised as he scanned the colorful flowers. He stretched out his hand and fanned it in front of his nose. "If nothing unexpected happens... they should all be for Tony Bianca."

In fact, there is nothing surprising about this. Almost ever since Japanese horse girls started going overseas to compete, fans have been expecting the horse girls they support to win the glory of the championship on the world stage.

The Japan Cup is of course a world-class G1 event recognized by the International URA Association.

But if you ask any Uma Musume fan on the street, most of them will say that they still hope to win some European and American competitions that have a longer history and higher international reputation.

Among these, European competitions are actually more preferred.

Among the many events, the most anticipated one is the Arc de Triomphe held at the Longchamp Stadium in France.

In this context, it is not surprising that Tony Bianca, the Arc de Triomphe champion, has so many enthusiastic fans in Japan, even though he failed to win the Japan Cup.

"Hello? Oh, it's you two."

As if hearing the noise of the door opening and the entrance, a head with Roman curls popped out from the flowers. It was Tony Bianca.

"Have a seat... Well, although there is not much room to sit, but... please feel free to sit down."

"Who is it, Tony... Hey? You two."

A head wearing a British lady's round hat popped out from the flowers. It was Moonlight Madness.

"Sorry, this side..."

She glanced at Tony Bianca, "These are all sent by Tony's Japanese fans. This amount...

"It's a bit too much, so as she said... well, it should be said that if you can come in, then come in, if you can't... don't force it."

"Maruzensky and Kitahara?"

A third head popped out from the flowers. It was Saratani, who had known that Maruzenski and Kitahara were coming.

"It's better to go out and chat... Sorry, I think I'm allergic to one or more of the flowers, and I've been wanting to... Ah Qiu——!"

With a loud sneeze, the air flow blew the flowers in front of him, raising a small piece of flower rain, which just happened to soak Tony Bianca and Moonlight Madness' heads and faces.

After a while.

On the small road to the hospital, several horse racing girls were in front, and Kitahara was following behind like a follower.

"If you're allergic to flowers, we should have come out earlier, or I can ask the medical staff to throw away the flowers."

"How can that be? That's not... Ha Qiu! Isn't that something your fans gave to you? How can you just throw it away?"

"The fans...were expected so much, but...to be honest, I never thought I would have so many fans in Japan, and I failed to live up to such enthusiastic expectations...it's really embarrassing."

"You don't have to say that, Tony. You've tried your best, haven't you? Besides, you don't have to force yourself to keep up appearances all the time."

"I, I didn't try to maintain my image... Well, I did a little, but if you put it like that..."

"Ah? What did you say just now?"

After realizing that his secret had been exposed, Tony Bianca glanced at him with an embarrassed look, and Maruzenski naturally looked confused.

"Sorry, I was just thinking about how to invite you to help me run with a few juniors here, so I didn't pay much attention."

Then, he changed the subject naturally.

(End of this chapter)