Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 151 Staying Together
In mid-July, Sanzuyama, Okutama Town, west of Tokyo.

At the foot of the mountain, he jumped off the bus, and the heat wave and dazzling sunlight instantly hit his face. Beibu Xuanju squinted his eyes and looked up and down at the station in front of him.

The wooden bus stop sign looked old, with the paint peeling off the edges.

The words "Three Heads Mountain Trailhead Platform" are still quite clear, and the shiny texture shows that it is regularly maintained.

There weren't many people in the station, but it was very lively, and almost everyone looked like they were here for tourism.

The bags that tourists carry are not ordinary travel bags. Some are as wide as half a door panel, and some are so high that they almost touch the ceiling. They seem to be filled with some special equipment.

Directly behind the station, the intersection of the two nearest mountains looks like a crack split by a giant axe. The rock wall is exposed with a blue-gray texture, and clouds are swirling around the peaks.

The ridge line goes down, and the winding mountain road turns sharply upward a hundred meters away. The asphalt road surface is baked into a distorted mirage by the scorching sun of midsummer, and it looks like your feet will melt if you step on it.

The chirping of cicadas can be heard in the distance, and the fragrance of pine resin and grass, and the sour smell of rotten fruit and moss waft over faintly.

"Strange, this is definitely the place, but where is the trainer...?"

Muttering in confusion, Northern Xuanju felt in his pocket and took out his cell phone.

"Trainer, I'm here" had just been edited when a phone call came in.

Just as he showed his joy, he saw the caller ID on the screen, and distress and amusement crept onto his cheeks.

"Hey, Grandpa..."

As soon as the call was connected, before I could finish my sentence, an urgent voice came from the other end.

"Xiaobei? Are we there yet? Is there a traffic jam? I told you to just charter a private jet, but you kid..."

"Grandpa, I'm here!"

Interrupting with amusement, looking at the nearest mountain road intentionally or unintentionally, Northern Xuanju hurriedly said:
"Hasn't the trainer's training plan already been reviewed by you? It's not some remote mountain forest, so why would we need a plane? Seriously..."

"Then... what about Mr. Yasui? Have you seen him? Are you with him?" The concerned voice on the other end of the phone changed the subject.

"The trainer..."

After hesitating for a moment, Northern Xuanju lowered his voice a little.

"He's helping me with my luggage. I brought a lot of bananas, drinks, and snacks, and he's helping me load them into the car right now."

"Why would you bother Mr. Yasui so much?"

The person on the other end of the phone started to blame him, "I told you to bring some people with you. Even if you don't need any care, you can still help Mr. Yasui. You are such a jerk..."

Once again troubled by his grandfather's doting care, Beibu Xuanju was hesitating whether to continue lying, when suddenly his eyes lit up.

On the mountain road behind the station, a small truck drove over from afar. The driver was an unknown person, and sitting in the passenger seat was the so-called "helper moving things" Yasui Makoto.

"Don't worry, Grandpa. The trainer has already..."

Beibu Xuanju almost blurted out "I'm already here", and changed his words abruptly.

"Help me move my stuff. What are you talking to the driver about? Do you want me to give him my phone?"

The trainer was indeed talking to the driver, and I wasn't lying this time.

Looking at the distance, he turned his head and saw An Jingzhen in the cab looking at the driver and pointing at this side, and Kita no Xuanju thought secretly.

"Then there's no need to bother."

The person on the other end of the phone comforted him, "I'm very confident in Mr. An Jing's work. Remember to go and help, and don't let others do everything for you.

"Go ahead, settle down and then call Grandpa."

"Yeah! I'll remember that! I'll video call Grandpa later!"

After making repeated assurances, Kitajima Genju breathed a sigh of relief and ran towards the pickup truck with his bags on his back after Kitajima Saburo hung up the phone.

"Trainer!"

Before she even got close to the truck, she waved excitedly, then suddenly became a little resentful.

"Why are you here just now? I've been waiting here for a while..." Inside the truck, there was no complaint from Kita no Xuanju. After signaling the driver to stop beside the girl, An Jingzhen got out of the car and looked at the big bag carried by the former.

It was about one meter high, and the backpack lid couldn't be closed. Judging from the bananas sticking out on both sides of the edge, it was probably filled with fruit.

Or maybe it's all bananas.

"...I know you like bananas, but so many..."

With an indescribable feeling, Yasui couldn't help but complain, "Isn't it because you're afraid that the bananas will be snatched away by monkeys?"

"Of course not...eh?"

Beibu Xuanju responded instinctively, and her face suddenly turned red.

"How did the trainer know that... No way! What do you mean it was snatched away by a monkey? I have no idea what the trainer is talking about?!"

Looking at the blush on the girl's cheeks, Yasui Zhen smiled secretly.

He must have heard it from the Emperor of the East China Sea, or by chance.

When Northern Black Ju was a child, she went camping in the mountains and the bananas she brought with her were snatched away by a monkey. As a little girl, she even climbed up a tree to chase the monkey.

It was also because of such casual conversation that Yasui Shin learned that Northern Xuanju liked to play in the mountains. After some discussion, they arranged the summer training camp at Santou Mountain.

The horse-racing training is part of the training, and the next major direction is the Chrysanthemum Appreciation. This 3000-meter long-distance event places the most emphasis on endurance, which is the goal that needs to be targeted.

Santouyama is very close to Tokyo, only a few hours' drive away.

The 10-kilometer winding mountain road, the exposed rock walls of the valley, the lakeside trail around Lake Okutama and the lake itself, and the "Unkai-sou" hot spring hotel on the mountainside... these are all the best places for endurance training.

More importantly, many extreme stunt teams near Tokyo often train here, and many venues and facilities are ready-made and can be used after advance reservation.

All in all, this place is the perfect place for a training camp.

"I heard there are a lot of monkeys around Santou Mountain."

Pretending not to know about the scandal that happened to Northern Xuanju when he was a child, An Jingzhen looked at the top of the mountain and said, "I thought you knew it too, Xiaobei.

"It's okay if you didn't know. Now you know. Remember to protect your bananas and don't let the monkey steal them."

"Absolutely not!"

With his hands behind his back, the Northern Black Colt's ears and tail stood up.

"I'm not the same person I used to be... cough cough cough. I can run very fast and climb very high now. Even if a monkey steals a banana secretly, I will chase it and take it back!"

"I'm just saying, there aren't many monkeys around the hotel..."

After laughing for a moment, Yasui Zhen changed the subject and pointed to the truck he was riding in when he came here.

"Okay, take the luggage down and put it in the car. Also, do you see those two dirt bikes?"

After hearing the first half of the sentence, Northern Black Horse obediently reached for the bags.

When she heard the second half of the sentence, she was stunned.

"Bicycles...are we going up there by bicycle?"

"Yes, but not entirely."

As he spoke, Yasui Shinya walked to the truck bed and took out an off-road bicycle.

He put the bicycle directly on his back and looked at the stunned Beibu Xuanju. He smiled and said:

"The second half is just biking up the mountain, the first half...

“We carried our bikes up there.

"me and you togather."

(End of this chapter)