Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 8: I can do more for them (3 Beihei, plus 13)

After hearing Oguruma's thoughts in the cafeteria, Kitahara took a long time to calm down.

He knew about Little Chestnut's past.

The prototype horse did not have an outstanding racing pedigree, and was a notoriously slow-running reed-haired horse at the time. Its right leg was congenitally expanded outward, making it unable to even stand. Moreover, because it came from a poor stable that could not provide it with sufficient nutrition, it only grew to the size of a normal horse when it was two years old.

Some people also believe that Little Chestnut's pedigree is still good. Although his father's performance is mediocre, his grandfather is the American Horse King-level racehorse "Genius Dancer" who has won many top competitions. He is also the first "gray horse" to stand at the top of the racehorse and once appeared on the cover of Time magazine.

However, Ogurimao's father's record was very mediocre, and Ogurimao's offspring were also mediocre, so it is basically certain that his bloodline is indeed not outstanding.

When it comes to Oguruma in Umamusume, discrimination based on bloodline still exists, and her legs also have problems. Kitahara had only thought about her future achievements before, but had never taken it into her own life to guess what kind of psychological impact such a childhood would have on her.

For most people, things that are commonplace are never worth cherishing.

But just as the blind long for light and the deaf long for sound, Kurumi, who cannot even stand due to his leg disease, actually simply longs to be able to run.

Perhaps the idea of ​​only considering recruiting and relying on the other party to achieve results for oneself in the future is too narrow-minded. It is no different from lying down.

If you really want to be an excellent trainer, you should, like other trainers, master professional skills while communicating seriously with the horse girls. This is the only way to achieve mutual success.

Especially as a time traveler, even if I don't have a system or a cheat code, I can do more than just lead the outstanding horse racing girls to win the game. Perhaps, I can do more for them...

After thinking for a long time with emotion, after breakfast, he and Oguruma left the cafeteria under the shocked gazes of the cafeteria chefs, and Kitahara asked Oguruma.

"By the way, what does Oguruma usually do?"

"You will be joining Kasamatsu Tresen Academy in the future. At that time, most of your time will be spent on training and competitions. So before that, how do you spend your daily life, Oguruma?"

Following Kitahara, Oguruma was looking around at everything in Kasamatsu Tresen Academy with a curious expression.

Hearing Beiyuan's words, she raised her head slightly, put a finger on her chin, rolled her eyes slightly, blinked, and showed a thoughtful expression.

“…run, relax, then run some more.”

After thinking for a while, she gave a common but completely reasonable answer, "That's probably it."

So he just runs every day, what a simple life... But it's not surprising, no matter where the setting is, Oguruma has this kind of simple character.

Nodding secretly, Kitahara said, "In that case, you should have nothing else to do today except running, right?"

Xiao Limao put his fingers on his chin again, looked up and thought for a moment, then shook his head, "Yes, there is nothing else... Oh, does eating count as a thing?"

"That's nothing else."

Ignoring the "Eat King's" obsession with eating, Kitahara pondered:
"Since your mother has entrusted you to me, and you like running very much, I think we can learn in advance about what you will be exposed to after entering school."

"What will you encounter after entering school?" Ogurumao repeated blankly.

"That is, various trainings and competitions," Kitahara nodded. "Trainers like me usually analyze the competition arrangements, but as a horse girl participating in the competition, your thoughts are also very important."

"So, you need to understand some basic things so that it will be easier for us to communicate in the future."

Kitahara obviously noticed that Oguruma didn't quite understand what he was saying, and even had difficulty listening. Her eyes seemed to be dizzy, but she finally nodded.

"Well, okay, mom said that if you don't understand something, just listen to the trainer, so I'll listen to you." Kitahara perked up, "Okay, then let's go to my office first. There are some teaching aids there, which will make it easier to explain."

Unlike the previous few days when he came to the office, there was no one else in the office this day. After Kitahara came in with Oguruma, he and his wife were the only ones in the room.

In order to facilitate training preparation, the trainer's office has a large number of teaching aids and equipment. Kitahara plans to explain the Uma Musume event to Oguruma first.

There happened to be several movable blackboards in the office to assist in the explanation.

"Well, take a look at this map first." Pulling a movable blackboard in front of his desk, Kitahara asked Oguruma to sit in his office chair. He first roughly drew the outline of the Four Neon Islands on the blackboard, marked a dozen points, and began to explain.

"You should know that Tresen Academy specializes in training horse girls like you, and the stage for showcasing horse girls is the Shining Star Series, which Tresen Academy is one of the organizers of."

"The central government has its own series of competitions, with the central Teresin College responsible for training. The local governments have their own series of competitions, with the Teresin Colleges in each region responsible for the details."

"There are 15 racetracks in total. The debut matches of horse girls like you will be held in these racetracks. For example, you will have your debut match at the Kasamatsu Racetrack. If you perform well, you will go to the Nagoya Racetrack."

"I think if it's you, Oguruma, then going to Nagoya..."

Kitahara's explanation suddenly paused.

"Hululu..."

Little Chestnut, who was sitting on the office chair, started snoring at some point, with snot bubbles coming out of his nose, looking like he was sleeping soundly.

Seeing this, Kitahara was both angry and amused. At the same time, he was surprised to find that the horse girl seemed to be able to sleep like a horse, standing with her upper body upright.

"Hey, little chestnut hat, am I boring?"

After being questioned several times, Little Limao finally woke up in a daze.

"...Ah? What's wrong? Is it time to eat?" She looked like she was still sleepy.

Kitahara held his forehead all of a sudden, feeling frustrated.

“…Really? You want to be a great horse girl, don’t you? Then you should at least listen carefully to the basics of the Shining Star Tournament.”

"And it's not just for preparation for the competition. When you start school, this knowledge will be tested."

Kitahara looked earnest in his words, but Oguruma still looked a little silly. Besides being silly, she also looked a little apologetic.

"Shining Star... Exam... Sorry, trainer, I... it seems a little difficult to understand what you are saying..."

Kitahara felt even more helpless, but knowing Oguruma's talent well, he didn't think she was a loser who was bad at studying.

"Perhaps, for a special genius like Oguruma, teaching by rote is not appropriate?"

Kitahara began to look for his own problems, "Hmm...it seems that in games and anime, Oguruma is indeed not the kind of student who is suitable for rote education."

"Then perhaps it would be more appropriate to let her run directly on the field, stimulate her inner obsession with running, and then briefly talk to her about the rules and regulations."

(End of this chapter)