Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 20 A great victory
Seeing the confusion in the eyes of the Satomi sisters, Yasui Makoto knew that they didn't understand what they were saying.

He smiled and without explaining, he raised the telescope again and focused on the black-haired girl.

Escape, get ahead, lag and chase, these are the four main running methods in the game.

Escaping is also called leading. It requires you to grab the leading position at the very beginning, maintain the first position from beginning to end, and control the overall rhythm in your own hands.

First, you need to follow the leading horse girl closely, use the rhythm of the opponent in front to adjust your state, and overtake in the final stage.

The worse position is further back, which makes it easier for the opponent in front to isolate the wind resistance, so that they can use the low pressure points to maintain their physical strength and start to exert force in the last corner.

The chasing position is at the end, and the timing of exerting force is earlier than other positions. Generally, you need to speed up in the third corner. It is not impossible for those with stronger physical strength to start in the middle.

In addition, there are more detailed divisions such as the Great Escape, Free First, Free Difference, and Great Chase.

All running methods are the same and must be adjusted according to the actual situation of the horse girl and the competition.

Normally, many trainers would roughly determine the running style of the horse girls before and after their debut match. Yasui Shinya had also determined the two styles that Northern Black Horse was most suitable for.

The Great Escape and Escape.

Next is to be able to move ahead freely, that is, to be able to switch skillfully between escaping and moving ahead.

This judgment is based on his learning and thinking over the years, as well as the experience his father told him.

The same is true in tactics.

The debut battle doesn’t have much pressure and is best used to confirm some possibilities.

Training can certainly confirm it, but it is ultimately different from competition. The conclusions drawn from actual combat are obviously more accurate.

Subsequent games are becoming more and more important. Once you miss them, there will be no similar opportunities again.

Moreover, his father also taught him a trick about temper.

Uma Musume is very competitive and can’t help but run forward when she first gets into the game.

But looking at all the competitions, falling behind is inevitable. No horse girl can stay in the first place all the time, and sometimes she even has to fall behind tactically.

Without enough experience, and running according to instinct, it is easy for a horse girl to panic when she is unexpectedly overtaken.

The intensity of the first few battles after debut was not very high, which was just enough for me to run a little behind and accumulate valuable experience in coping with pressure.

This kind of experience is only possessed by experienced trainers, and my father also heard it from a senior.

There are certainly risks involved.

When you are in a backward position, you will face intentional or unintentional obstructions from the opponents in front during the overtaking phase.

Lacking practical experience, novice horse racing girls often don’t know what to do. They can’t speed up at critical moments and are stuck and unable to break out.

Yasui Zhen is not worried about these.

He naturally had enough confidence and assurance to dare to use Dao Zhan to practice with Northern Xuanju.

This black-haired girl of ours is a typical late-blooming horse racing girl.

The other side of not being able to control her strength was that she didn't dare to run at full speed.

Her instinctive body has not yet developed enough, and in order to avoid being hurt by her talent, she will unconsciously avoid extreme strength.

Generally, trainers will consider avoiding full force when encountering this situation.

The same thing happened to Yasui Shin, but he came up with a more clever way.

Sprint early to spread your power and burst over a longer distance.

This not only avoids the physical burden brought by full effort, but also ensures that the subsequent races continue to accelerate, making it difficult to be stopped.

This is a tactic chosen by many experienced trainers and horse girls, and it requires many conditions.

However, the most important condition was something that Northern Xuanju had just mastered.

That's the rhythm.

During the one-month training, the black-haired girl had rhythm training every day.

Now when she runs, there is a musical rhythm to her.

Prelude, verse, chorus, interlude, climax, and ending. Of course, the music played by a young girl who has just started her career is far from perfect.

But in this little tune called debut battle, it is enough.

Reviewing the overall plan, staring closely at the telescope, he noticed the sign marking the third bend flash by. The black-haired girl lowered her body in a familiar and subtle manner, and Yasui couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

...The interlude is over, it's time to enter the climax.

Let everyone take a good look, Xiaobei.

Let them see that you...

What kind of extraordinary Uma Musume is this?

As the game drew closer to the end, the commentator's voice became louder and louder.

"There are still 500 meters to the finish line, and Mickey Joy is already in the lead!

“As expected of the most popular character in this show!

"Contestant Universe Haina was still one step behind and fell behind in the middle stage of the competition.

“But she wasn’t too far behind, only half a length behind Mickey Joy.

“Next to her was Eden, and both were trying their best to catch up to Mickey Joy!

“The three runners are clearly in the lead, and the fourth place runner is a full three lengths behind them!
"With 400 meters left, it looks like the championship will be decided between these three runners!"

1 horse length is a distance term used in competitions. It is said to be the length of the world's first statue of the Three Goddesses with its arms outstretched, specifically 2.5 meters.

Half a marathon length is about 1 meter, and this gap is indeed not too big. The second and third horse racing girls are very close to the first one, and it seems that they can catch up with her if they make a little more effort.

The distance difference further on is very obvious.

The gap of more than 7 meters is like a chasm, which seems to isolate the subsequent players from the possibility of winning.

The audience also burst into the loudest cheers since the opening, and the commentary was equally excited.

"We've reached the line directly in front of the audience. The three leading players are still fighting in the front. Behind them..."

The commentator suddenly paused.

Immediately there was an exclamation of disbelief.

“Northern Black Horse!
"The Northern Black Horse is charging forward!
“There are still 300 meters to the finish line!
“But! But!

"The Northern Black Horse is catching up!
“200 meters!
“She surpasses Cosmic Heina and Eden!
“Straight to Mickey Joy!
“More than Mickey Joy!

“Now the Northern Xuanju is leading!

"Northern Xuanju has overtaken!

“The first one now is Northern Black Horse!

"Can Mickey Joy make a comeback?!
“100 meters!
"Mickey Joy is speeding up! Mickey Joy is speeding up!
"but!
"Northern Xuanju is still in the lead!
"Stalled! Mickey Joy seems to have stalled!

“But the Northern Black Horse is still sprinting!
“She was still sprinting after the 1700-meter race!

“50 meters!
“Cross the finish line!
"One and a half horse lengths!

“Come from behind and win!
“Overtook to first place in one go!

"I won my debut match by 1 and a half lengths!
"Wonderful!
“It’s wonderful!
“A fantastic comeback!

"Let us congratulate Northern Xuanju!"

For a moment, the cheers at the scene dropped a few degrees when the commentator and the others realized that Kita no Xuanju was charging towards them.

It’s not that I think the game wasn’t exciting.

On the contrary, after a moment of distraction due to the accident, the cheers at the scene became even more enthusiastic.

After a period of enthusiasm, the cheers subsided again for a moment, and were mixed with good-natured laughter, resounding over the sky above the Tokyo stadium.

After crossing the finish line in one breath and rushing nearly a hundred meters away, the black-haired girl who had just won the championship pounced on her prey like a tiger, leaving a big "木" character on the ground.

(End of this chapter)