Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 200: The Innocent and Somewhat Stupid Horse Girl
"Kyoto? Tokyo?"

Kita no Genju repeated Yasui Shin's question, but instead of answering, he asked curiously:
"Trainer... do you want to go back to Tokyo?"

"Yes, I want to visit a senior horse racing girl and learn from her."

Yasui Zhen did not hide anything and said directly:
"Sakura Shinou, you should have heard of it, right?"

The reason why he wanted to seek advice from King Sakura was because of something he heard from the Manchester Tea House during the St.

Before that, he already knew the name of this horse racing girl.

The Sakura family is similar to other industry giants such as the Mejiro family and the Satomi family, and is also a family that has produced many famous horse racing girls.

Sakura Star King, Sakura Thousand Generations King, Sakura Laurel Crown...

They have won numerous awards in the Shining Series, including many G1s, and are all well-known horse girls.

The same was true for Sakura Jinwang, but at first he thought that he was not famous and he didn't know the other person at all, so it would not be appropriate to disturb him rashly. Therefore, An Jingzhen didn't want to bother him.

Now, because of Northern Black Horse, the two have received a lot of assistance from horse girls during their daily training and competitions.

He gradually discovered that compared to ordinary people, horse racing women were particularly easy to get along with.

In Japan, it is very difficult to ask others for help. Japanese people attach great importance to favors. They are unwilling to owe favors to others easily, nor do they want others to owe them.

Because of this, there are a lot of formalities in daily interactions here.

In comparison, horse racing girls are not only easy to get along with, but they also readily agree to help their juniors.

Even after realizing this, Yasui Makoto still didn't try to contact Sakura Shinou.

This is mainly due to the distances she excels at and her slightly "peculiar" reputation.

Sakura Shinou is undoubtedly one of the most powerful horse girls in the history of the race, but the events she excels at are all short distances.

Take her retirement sprint championship as an example. In the 1200-meter race, she was able to lead the second place by 4 lengths, a huge advantage of 10 meters, which shows her strong strength.

In addition, she has only lost once in the 1200m and is undefeated in the 1400m.

With such outstanding performance, she was named the best short-distance horse racing girl of the year.

On the other hand, Northern Black Colt chose the Classic Triple Crown from the beginning, and all three races are middle and long distance races.

If you later choose to take the Arima Kinen, Spring and Autumn Royal Tournament and other routes, you will also have to compete in middle and long distance events.

There are significant differences in training content and competition tactics for races of different distances, which is one of the reasons why Yasui Makoto never thought of visiting Sakura Shinou.

As for her strange reputation, judging from the many rumors, this horse girl seems...

Stupid in a different way.

It is said that she also wanted to run middle and long distances at first.

However, seeing her talent, her trainer deceived her by saying that "running three 1200-meter races is equivalent to running one 3600-meter race."

She believed in it firmly, and then she achieved amazing results.

But at the same time, her academic performance was quite good. When she was in service, she was the class monitor and the class committee chairman.

After retiring, he went to university for further studies and graduated with excellent grades.

She is currently the director of the university's short-distance racing department and a member of the URA Association's short-distance racing committee.

So in Yasui Makoto's opinion, the evaluation of "strangely stupid" may be more accurate, as it means that this horse girl is too naive in some aspects.

So naive that he's a little bit clueless.

"Eh——? Jinou-senpai——?"

At this moment, the northern black colt's ears suddenly twitched, its tail stood up, and it let out a cry of surprise:
"The trainer is going to look for Senior Jin Wang—?"

Stunned by this sudden reaction, Yasui Zhen asked doubtfully, "You...from your tone, it seems like you've already gone to look for her?"

"This... wasn't me who took the initiative to approach Senior Jin Wang..."

It was a rare sight to see Beibu Xuanju's face showing a complex expression of embarrassment and confusion.

"It's just... uh, how should I put it, this senior... gives people a very strange feeling.

"I ran into her right after school started, and I don't know why, but she immediately said she felt very close to me.

"He even said he could sense the explosive spirit within me, and that I would definitely become a short-distance star..."

At this point, she scratched her head:
"But I wanted to be a horse girl like the emperor, so I had to run middle and long distances. I felt really awkward at the time...

“I didn’t know how to refuse, so I just made up an excuse and ran away.

"It turns out that Senior Jin Wang seems to have set his sights on me. He talks about this every time he sees me, and he even came to the academy specifically to find me..."

After hearing this, An Jingzhen couldn't help but think of the rumor about Sakura Jinwang. He felt funny but also started to think about it.

"There's also this kind of...interesting thing."

He pondered for a moment and then said, "From what you said, it seems that you don't know how to get along with her. Then I'll go meet this classmate Jin Wang."

"The trainer really wants to meet Senior Jin Wang...?" Beibu Xuanju was surprised.

"That's right. Although the distance you run now is different from hers, it is undeniable that you do have a talent for short-distance events."

Yasui Makoto explained:

“Besides, your method of escape is rare.

"In terms of speed, you're not the top horse girl of your time, but you possess immense strength and endurance, and you make up for your lack of speed with this.

“Among the horse girls who also escaped horses, I’ve compared them many times, and Sakura Shinou’s situation is indeed very similar to yours.

"Your current training results are already good, but I hope to help you go further.

"Perhaps I can get some good advice from you, my senior."

Hearing this, Northern Xuanju was embarrassed. After thinking for a moment, she took a deep breath:
"Alright then, I'll go with the trainer too!"

"...Aren't you not good at dealing with this senior?"

Yasui was surprised, then half-jokingly said:

"Aren't you afraid that she'll kidnap you and make you run a short-distance race?"

"It's okay, we have you, the trainer."

Beibu Xuanju responded without hesitation, his face brimming with confidence:
"I suddenly realized that my previous approach to Senior Jin Wang was the same as that of Ribbon-chan: I didn't speak my mind openly.

“I’m not going to take the short front, I’ll just talk it out nicely.

“Although Senior is very persistent about this matter, he is not unreasonable and will definitely understand me.

"It just so happens that we haven't been back to Tokyo for a while, so let's go back together and treat it as a trip for two."

What kind of tourism is this...?
It was amusing, but Yasui Zhen did not refute and quickly agreed.

The purpose of contacting Sakura Jinwang is naturally to enable Northern Xuanju to perform better in the subsequent chrysanthemum viewing.

The overall running method, tactics, strategy, and corresponding training have been progressing in an orderly manner. What is currently lacking is the handling of some details.

In this case, in addition to asking for advice humbly, letting Northern Xuanju and Sakura Jinwang run side by side for once may bring unexpected gains.

(End of this chapter)