Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 149 It’s not our turn yet
In the front corner of the stands where the crowds were cheering, Huang Jinchuan waved to the Northern Black Horse and Ming Sheng Leidong who were coming towards him. His face was full of smiles, and the corners of his mouth were grinning towards his side.

"I say, why don't you guys talk..."

Vodka also waved with a smile, grinning and said depressedly:
"At a time like this... what do you want us to say? And that finish line situation... who could have thought Xiaobei would lose..."

The Golden Ship became depressed, as if it was choked.

"That's why I asked you how you're going to comfort Xiaobei later..."

"This……"

Vodka hesitated, glancing at Yamato Akagi from the corner of his eye, “Yamato, what do you think…?”
"I mean, what would you think if you were caught up at that speed..."

Yamato and Chiji were waving to the northern Xuanju. Hearing this, she pretended to tidy up her clothes, lowered her head and remained silent for a while.

"There's no way..."

"what……?"

Vodka was confused. "What should I say to Xiaobei when I see him later...?"

"Hey, Xiaobei, you're not as weak as you think, right?"

Yamato Akagi suddenly felt a little annoyed. "If I really have to say anything, I can only say... run away faster next time."

"No matter how fast... Xiaobei should have escaped fast enough, right?" Vodka's eyes unconsciously wandered between Yamato Akagi and Wusheng Suzuka.

Noticing Vodka's gaze, Suzuka met Yamato Akagi's gaze, remained silent for a moment, and shook her head.

“Xiao Bei…is not a speed-type escape horse.

"If it were me, I would have left a 10-length gap on the final straight, so that I could fully cope with the last kick of the thundering race.

"But this running method may not be effective for the 2400m or the Tokyo Games. If you rashly increase the distance, you will easily lose speed early.

"and……"

Feeling uneasy, she rubbed her thigh with the hand hanging by her side.

"High-speed running... Xiaobei's physique is indeed excellent, but high-speed running is too prone to accidents. She is not suitable for this kind of running."

"That...this..."

"Xiaobei's speed has reached its limit."

As Vodka hesitated, the Emperor of the East China Sea, who had been silent until then, suddenly interrupted:
“The handling of the game was also at its best.

"The long outbound gate and the super-fast first half, these two unfavorable factors have a huge impact on the derby, and you, Vodka and Xiaote, should know very well.

"I should say that besides McQueen and Yamato, you have all run in the derby, so you should understand what I am talking about."

Hearing this, except for Mejiro McQueen and Yamato Akagi, the remaining horse girls looked at each other, sighed with helplessness, and nodded.

"After dealing with the outside gate and the lead in the first half, Xiaobei had to regain the lead, increase the distance, and adjust his rhythm and stride frequency, all of which took a lot of energy.

"to be honest……"

A complex expression of relief flashed across the face of the East Sea Emperor, "When it came to the final straight uphill section, I... almost thought she was going to stall.

"But just like Yamato said, I don't think Xiaobei will cry and become devastated after such a defeat."

She suddenly changed the subject and twitched the corners of her mouth as if to smile to lighten the mood.

"She still has a long way to go and there are many more competitions like this. She won't be defeated so easily.

"If I really want to say something to her, I think..."

Her eyes tilted to the other side and she pursed her lips.

"It's not our turn yet."

Several horse girls noticed the gaze of the East Sea Emperor and realized that the trainer of the Northern Black Horse was right next to them at this moment.

The one who is most concerned and worried, who wants to say something to Kita no Xuanju the most, and who has the most complicated feelings at this moment should be Yasui Shin.

They were talking among themselves at the moment, and even if they meant well, it was only adding to the pressure on the person involved.

Yasui Shin didn't pay much attention to the conversation around him. After the race results came out, he stared at the ranking board for a moment, his eyes fixed on the girl at the finish line.

When the other party walked to the direction opposite the stands, waved to the stands, met his eyes, waved again, and left, he turned his head to look at his side.

"I'm going to check on Xiaobei, you guys..."

He was stunned when he was halfway through his words.

The expressions of the Emperor of the East Sea and Mejiro McQueen were relatively calm, but the other horse girls looked worried and kept lingering in the direction where he and Northern Black Horse had left.

"What's wrong with you?" After hesitating for a moment, Yasui Zhen asked.

After hesitating for a moment and exchanging glances with his friends, Yamato Akagi forced a smile and spoke first:

"That's right... although Xiaobei didn't win the championship this time, but... we all know that she worked very hard, and so did you, Anjing, so..."

"Yeah, and a record-breaking finish is pretty impressive."

Golden Ship said hurriedly: "He is much stronger than I was back then, don't you think?"

"A Chuan actually said something like this..."

Te Bie Zhou said half of the sentence in a daze, and Wusheng Suzuka nudged her with his elbow calmly. She was stunned for a moment and quickly changed her words.

"Yes, yes, Xiaobei's performance is already outstanding, she is really amazing!"

Silently, Suzuka quietly reminded Tekishu, and then she and Vodka looked over with a mixture of worry and comfort.

Their gazes also turned to this side, and there was a similar look in the eyes of the East China Sea Emperor and Mejiro McQueen.

Suddenly realizing that these horse racing girls were just trying to comfort him, Yasui felt a warm feeling in his heart and smiled.

It's not like he hasn't experienced failure.

Compared with these famous horse racing girls in front of him, what he had experienced was not necessarily less painful than theirs.

Extreme stunts involve a lot of performance, but they are not without competition.

The competition in this kind of sport is almost without exception a real fight for life.

For example, in hard-line downhill racing, the competition venue is located on a steep slope with cliffs and boulders.

Regardless of whether we win or not, we were lucky to have to go to the emergency department for one mistake.

There are also wingsuit flying world championships, high-altitude downhill skiing, extreme rafting...

These are arenas that require you to give your all to enter, and unreserved effort is the most basic condition.

After going through all that, he knew how to recognize so-called talent and genius, and could calmly accept the result that even after giving his all, he still could not win.

Of course, he couldn't accept failure calmly.

The moment the result was confirmed, after a moment of brain blankness, he was already unconsciously thinking about the next game.

What you lose in the game, you must gain back in the game.

But there's no need to say this to anyone.

Competition is that simple, it's all about winning and losing. He has long understood this truth and knows that the only way to truly accept failure is to win it back in the next game.

But these words have not been said to Northern Xuanju yet.

It seems I've still overlooked something, and there's still something to learn...

After thinking about it and looking at the horse racing girls in front of him, Yasui Zhen shook his head.

“Thank you, actually… to be honest, I feel okay.

"Compared to me, I think Xiaobei needs more comfort.

"I'm going to the infirmary now. Do you want to come with me?"

(End of this chapter)