Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 137 They Won’t Let Xiaobei Go So Easily
In Northern Xuanju's field of vision, four or five meters to the right and a little behind, was the big shock that she thought was at the very back a second ago.

The forward-leaning figure was reflected in her retina, and was estimated to be four or five meters away.

The runway made a crackling sound under the opponent's light and swift footsteps. The tense leg muscles vibrated at a high frequency like a hydraulic pump, and every time he pushed off the ground, a small shallow pit was blasted in the wood chip layer.

Dark brown lightweight wood chips kept flying to the sides and back, some even flying in front of the eyes.

Northern Black Horse tilted its head unconsciously, then looked back suddenly, its pupils shrinking unconsciously.

In just a blink of an eye, the senior was already parallel to her.

The long chestnut hair and ponytail were blown straight behind her by the headwind, and her bangs were blown away, revealing the burning golden eyes under her smooth forehead.

His pupils contracted slightly, staring straight ahead, his nose and mouth corners tense, as if what was happening was not a training match, but a high-prize battlefield like the Japanese Derby.

However, despite this obvious concentration, the senior's breathing rhythm, stride length, and frequency were still terrifyingly steady.

Beibu Xuanju had a vague feeling that this unreasonable opening burst was just like an entertainment program during an afternoon walk, which was nothing unusual for the opponent.

So... what kind of running method and tactics are you using, senior?

For the first time since her debut, even including the training time before her debut, she panicked.

It is not impossible to accelerate the outbreak in the early stage.

The physical strength is the most abundant when the race just starts. If you can seize the advantage in position by virtue of this state, you will undoubtedly benefit from it in the subsequent races.

However, compared to the entire process, the early stages account for less than half.

Even if you can use tactics such as positioning and pressing, wasting too much energy to force speed will not only be unhelpful for subsequent games, but you will also face the risk of not being able to finish the race due to lack of energy.

Normally, the easiest way to win is to temporarily let her take the pace of the race, then wait for an opportunity to grab a position or wait until the last bend or the last straight to overtake her directly. This is also the situation she has encountered in the past.

However, the acceleration at this moment was something she had not expected at all.

As if he didn't know that there were more than 2000 meters to go, this senior was running at a speed that was almost as fast as the final straight line.

In Beibu Xuanju's opinion, she has already broken free from the pressure from seniors like Te Bie Zhou and successfully established a leading rhythm. There is no need to accelerate the pace of the big shock.

So, who exactly is Senior...?
He bit his lower lip and thought hard but to no avail. Just as he was about to review what he had learned and practiced in the past, Northern Xuanju's eyes suddenly fixed.

The shock had overtaken her.

Although it is difficult to accurately judge the distance from a few meters away, it is certain that the senior is ahead at the moment.

More importantly, the entrance to the first bend is just around the corner.

As the battle for early position draws to a close and the curve appears, the teams will continue to shrink horizontally and stretch vertically.

This means that unless you are the leading horse girl, there will definitely be an opponent blocking your way ahead.

Without time to think about it, Northern Black Horse's throat tightened, and his chest and abdominal muscles trembled violently for a moment. His breathing rhythm, which had just slowed down, tightened again.

The stride length is also tightened, while the cadence increases suddenly.

This is a necessary state for speeding up.

She had to regain the lead in the first corner.

She wasn't sure what the level of leadership of the big shock was.

But she could be sure to leave the front line to this senior. With the other party's strength and experience, she would never have the chance to catch up.

Meanwhile, off the field.

Staring at the black-haired girl gradually approaching the bend, Silent Suzuka pursed her lips and clenched her arms hanging at her sides.

"Oh no! Xiaobei's rhythm... has been disrupted."

"This... there should be nothing we can do about it, right?" Previously, Golden Ship was gloating over the Golden Master's leak, but now he frowned, looking worried about his juniors.

"I didn't expect Senior Da Zhenhan to be chasing me so fiercely right now..."

"No, I should say I can imagine it."

Yamato Akagi suddenly interrupted:
"I didn't feel that way before, but now that I think about it, Xiaobei's handling of the opening game was... too careless."

"Careless? No way?"

Huang Jinchuan was surprised and said, "Although I haven't escaped before, I feel that Xiaobei's distance is not a problem, right?"

"It's different, Afune. I think I understand what Yamato means."

Silent Suzuka frowned and said:
"I heard from Xiao Te that you often accompany Xiao Bei in training, so you should be quite familiar with her running style and various habits.

"After Xiaobei increased her speed just now, Xiaote and Vodka must have understood her intentions and gave up because they knew it was pointless to continue testing her.

"Xiao Cao... probably just taking Xiao Te's changes into consideration and waiting to see what happens.

"The issue is……"

Her eyes lingered for a moment between the figures at the front and the back of the team, and she pursed her lips again.

“Great Shock and Golden Master… don’t have such thoughts.

"Given their strength and temperament, they probably won't let Xiaobei go so easily.

"That's the gist of what Yamato was talking about."

While the three horse girls were talking in low voices, Yasui Makoto stared at the game without saying a word.

In order to better assist Northern Black Horse in achieving its training goals, he discussed with each horse girl how to run the race, but the discussion did not go into detail about how to proceed with each step.

After all, they are different from the Northern Xuanju, and he didn't understand them well enough.

Instead of giving them unnecessary and excessive instructions, it is better to trust their abilities and experience.

So, like the Golden Ship, he did not expect that the Big Shock would burst out at such a speed in the early stages.

But if you think about it carefully, this is not a bad thing, or it can be said that this is one of the purposes of training matches.

As Yamato Akagi and Wusheng Suzuka said, after a few months of getting along, seniors like Te Te Zhou would come to help Beibu Xuanju train when they were free, and they were very familiar with each other's running habits.

With sufficient familiarity, whether it is regular training or training matches like this one, Northern Black Horse can achieve better coordination and more ideal training results.

However, the real game is not so idealistic.

The horse girl who left first gave up the competition for various reasons, and the candidate came on as a substitute.

Take certain risks and adopt tactics that have not been used before.

There are all kinds of extreme situations that only occur in real races, such as the thunderous sound on the final straight line of the Gaoyue Sho, and the flying of the grass in the Takarazuka Kinen and Arima Kinen.

Due to various reasons, the competition is actually full of too many uncertainties, and no one can guarantee that pre-match training will be foolproof.

Especially the upcoming Japanese derby.

Even if the departure list does not change, unconventional tactics and sudden outbursts will definitely not be absent.

The spontaneous expression of great shock actually strengthens this aspect of training.

And just as Yamato Akajima and Silent Suzuka said, this horse racing girl has no intention of letting Northern Black Horse go easily.

(End of this chapter)