Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 96: First Loss (Part )

……in the end……

Strength? Endurance? Strategy and tactics? The final burst of power?
Where did I lose... Kitahara...

No, that's not right. I thought about it during the competition. I can't overwork Kitahara. I need to learn to analyze things on my own.

So when I competed with Xiaoyu, Xiaodaohe, and Xiaohaiwan today, I shouldn't have made any mistakes, but...

Why didn't I win...

Did I think wrong? Did I not do something well? That’s why I lost…

So this is what it feels like to lose. I feel sad and sorry for Kitahara. Hmm... I'm even hungrier...

And... I'm very unwilling.

Unwilling, unwilling, unwilling, unwilling...

It turns out that this is the unwillingness after losing.

I...want to win so much.

I... eh? It hurts...

After walking with his head down for an unknown amount of time, Little Chestnut suddenly stopped and raised his hand in a daze.

The five white fingers were clenched into fists at some point, and in the gaps between the fingers, the bright and glaring red color slowly seeped out as if unwillingly.

"……it hurts……"

"...Ah, you are so naughty, you hold it so tightly..."

"Oh, sorry, Kitahara... Hey? Kitahara? When did you get here?"

Hearing the familiar voice and sensing a slight reproach in the tone, Oguruma subconsciously apologized, only to then realize that Kitahara had appeared beside her without her noticing.

Kitahara had followed her for a while, and during this time, he had been thinking about how to comfort Oguruma.

Oguruma has never lost before, she has been winning since her debut.

Today was just a training match, but the opponents were all familiar friends and were extremely strong. I'm afraid not many people would doubt that the match was an official one.

Losing in such a game was an unprecedented experience for Oguruma.

Beiyuan didn’t know what this experience was, he only knew that he should say something at this time.

He was originally looking for an opportunity, but when he saw that Little Chestnut unconsciously exerted force and actually caused a wound on his hand, he didn't care about the opportunity anymore and just walked over with a sigh.

"You feel sad after losing, right? No wonder, you..."

When he opened his mouth, Kitahara took Oguruma's injured hand and wanted to check the injury, but suddenly he saw Oguruma's eyes.

There was a strange color flashing in those eyes.

Like flames, those eyes burned with desire, fighting spirit, and unwillingness. That desire, fighting spirit, and unwillingness were so hot that even if someone put them out with water, they would still reignite from the embers.

As if being burned, Kitahara couldn't help but take a step back.

I……

It's a bit ridiculous that I'm actually worried that such a monster will be defeated...

However, there should be some comfort...

With a slight smile on his face, Kitahara no longer deliberately mentioned Oguruma's feelings. He shifted his gaze to Oguruma's palm, examined the wound, and said softly:
"According to the training plan, tomorrow is a day of rest."

"You don't have anything to do tonight, right, Little Limao? Do you want to go eat something with me? Like fried chicken wings? I remember you seem to like this very much?"

Eating more good food would be the best way to comfort Oguruma, Kitahara thought.

"Oh! Deep-fried chicken wings! Sure, let's go right now..."

When she heard about food, Little Chestnut was indeed excited, but unusually, she was only excited for a moment before calming down. "Well... why don't we wait until tomorrow? Tomorrow, it will be better for me to go out with Little Bay and the others, and then we can have a good meal."

Facing Kitahara's surprised look, Ogurumao said seriously: "If Kitahara is free to eat now, he should have nothing else to do, right?"

Not quite understanding what Oguruma was thinking, Kitahara nodded.

"Well... well, I thought about not bothering Kitahara so much, but right now..."

She scratched her head a little embarrassedly, "Beiyuan, can you tell me why I lost this time?"

"My mind is not as flexible as yours. I have been thinking about it for a long time but still can't figure it out. So I still have to trouble you to think about it..."

"Is it because I haven't done enough? Or am I missing something compared to Xiaoyu and the others...?"

So this is what you were thinking about just now.

Kitahara laughed, because what Oguruma asked was exactly what he had just discussed with Yusuhara and others in the office.

"You can't say it's lacking, but it is an unstable factor, at least that's what it seems like for now."

After thinking about his team's understanding of the "field", Kitahara explained:

"Xiaoyu should have entered a strange state at that time. That state is called 'field'."

"Field..." Oguruma repeated thoughtfully.

Kitahara nodded, "Yes, that's what Yusuhara, Komiya, and I have judged so far, but the specific situation needs to be further analyzed in combination with Kyoko's medical data."

Kitahara and others currently know very little about this field, and international research has not produced particularly stable results, at least not on the surface.

On the one hand, everyone planned to find an opportunity to consult legendary horse girl like Ludo Symbol, and on the other hand, analyze the data of the Tamamo Cross game as much as possible to see if they can find some directions or even breakthroughs.

With the many testing instruments that Kyoko had set up on the training ground, perhaps it would be possible to discover something.

After explaining, Kitahara looked at Oguruma's hand and changed the subject.

"Anyway, this matter is not your problem. I will explain it to you slowly later. Let's go to the infirmary first."

After taking Oguruma to the infirmary for bandaging, Kitahara had already introduced the contents related to the "field" in detail.

then……

"I'm sorry, Kitahara, I didn't understand." Oguruma said embarrassedly, scratching his head.

Not a surprising answer.

Kitahara chuckled and touched Xiaolimao's head, "It's okay if you don't understand. I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. In fact, I don't really understand the field either."

"Even Kitahara doesn't quite understand?"

Oguruma was surprised, and then she subconsciously muttered to herself: "If even Kitahara doesn't understand it very well, then it must be very difficult. Hmm..."

Seeing that she seemed to want to think about it, Beiyuan smiled again and was about to persuade her not to worry about it anymore, to go to bed early today and have a good rest tomorrow.

“…It feels like a gift from the three goddesses…” she murmured suddenly.

"The gift of the three goddesses...?"

The words of persuasion turned into questions, and Kitahara was stunned.

"Yes."

Nodding, Oguruma said as a matter of course: "I remember Kitahara or Komiya said that many things in our world can be explained. If there is really something that I don't know how to explain, it seems that the only thing is related to the three goddesses."

"I think this sentence makes sense."

"Because, even though everyone says that horse girls like us are favored by the three goddesses, we actually don't really understand what the three goddesses are all about."

(End of this chapter)