Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 28: As expected of Senior Xiao Te
In the next few days, every morning and evening, Northern Black Horse ran side by side with Yamato Red Horse for more than an hour.

Through these parallel runs, Yasui Zhen was delighted with the progress of Kita no Xuanju, and was also secretly amazed at the talent and strength of Yamato Akagi.

Generally speaking, the golden period of a Uma Musume's career is about three years, after which her performance in all aspects will decline.

But that's not the case for a few top players.

Not only will their level decline much more slowly, but even if they don't reach their peak performance, they can still maintain a relatively stable level.

Yamato Akagi is such a horse girl.

It is very obvious from the data that she is quite comfortable in every training session, and from the most basic speed, strength to skills, awareness, etc., it can be said that she surpasses Northern Xuanju in all aspects.

With such a senior as a guide, An Jingzhen felt that he had gained a lot, not to mention the progress of Kita no Xuanju, which made him want the other party to continue practicing with him like this.

But this is obviously impossible.

Yamato Akagi has work and research to do after returning to the academy, so we definitely can't keep bothering him.

After the training that morning, Yamato Akagi also stated that this was the last time they would run side by side in the near future, and the next time would probably be in two or three weeks.

"Hahaha—that's really good."

After taking a big sip of the energy drink and wiping the sweat from his forehead, Yamato Akagi sighed:

"Coming back is such a great choice. I can train with Xiaobei and still experience what it was like to go to school."

Also drinking energy drinks and wiping the sweat off his face, Northern Xuanju felt a little regretful.

"It's a pity that Yamato-senpai has been very busy since then, otherwise I would have loved to run with him more often... Ouch."

Putting away his head-shattering gesture, Yamato Akagi said with a smile:

"Why do you look like I won't see you again, Xiaobei?
"Don't forget, I'll be the manager of the Lidong dormitory from now on, and we'll be seeing each other almost every day.

"Don't come home late and let me catch you, or I'll lock you out like some weird horse girl."

Speaking of "strange horse racing girl", she seemed to think of something funny and started to giggle.

Covering his forehead that had been hit by his senior, Northern Xuanju asked curiously:
"Yamato-senpai, what are you laughing at... I definitely won't be home late."

"I'm not laughing at you."

Wiping his nose with his index finger, Yamato Akagi said with a look of nostalgia, "It's your Xiaote-senpai."

"Senior Xiao Te?"

Northern Xuanju was even more curious, "What happened to Senior Xiaote?"

"Didn't Senior Xiao Te go to the Tokyo Arena first when he first came to Tokyo?"

Yamato Akagi laughed and said:

"It was that time that she saw Suzuka-senpai's match and decided to team up with him.

"After watching the competition and the winner's stage, when it was almost over, Senior Xiao Te remembered that it was the academy registration day.

"In the end, I was so panicked that I ran all the way back to the academy from the stadium.

"Oh, by the way, she got off at the wrong station when she came, and she ran to the stadium."

"In one breath..." Beibu Xuanju said in surprise, "As expected of Senior Xiaote, you're amazing!"

"Well, 'in one breath' is an adjective, but Senior Xiao Te was definitely running very fast at the time. He even overtook other cars along the way, scaring quite a few drivers."

Yamato Akagi shrugged amusedly and said:
"Anyway, despite rushing so hard, Xiao Te-senpai was still late, and Fuji-senpai almost locked her out, thinking she was some weird horse girl."

"So, is that so? Hahaha..." After an awkward laugh, Northern Xuanju repeatedly assured, "Don't worry, Yamato-senpai, I definitely won't bother you to open the door for me at night!"

"Okay, since you said so, don't blame me for locking you out if you come home late."

Yamato Akagi said this jokingly, then looked at Yasui Shin beside him. Yasui Shin was busy analyzing data on his tablet, but he didn't ignore their jokes.

It feels quite interesting, especially the "Senior Xiao Te" mentioned by the two.

She is also a top-notch horse racing girl who has won the Japan Derby, one of the classic three crowns. She is also the second horse racing girl in history to win the Emperor's Spring and Autumn Awards for consecutive years. She also has the title of "Japan's No. 1 General".

From my impression, judging from URA’s promotional video for the special week, this horse girl looks quite impressive.

I didn't expect to hear that silly side of her from her best friend.

After noticing Yamato Akagi's gaze, thinking it was a reminder, Yasui Shin nodded and said:

"I will also pay attention to the training time and remind Xiaobei to return to the dormitory on time."

"Of course I believe that, but..."

Smiling casually, Yamato Akagi asked curiously, "Actually, I wanted to ask, what does Trainer Yasui plan to do for the afternoon training?"

She was indeed curious.

After training together these days, she increasingly felt that Yasui was really extraordinary.

In the past, she rarely saw a similar temperament in a trainer who was even 18 years old, let alone an 28-year-old.

Most new trainers are timid, fearing that they will teach something wrong.

The older ones were similar. At most, they wouldn't show any panic in front of Uma Musume, and would turn around and rush to seek help from their seniors.

Yasui Makoto is different. Compared with his overly young appearance, his training style is quite mature and sophisticated.

It's not that he doesn't have any oversights. He also makes many common mistakes that newcomers make in many details.

But he will find his mistakes quickly, and doesn't mind telling Xiaobei that he made a mistake, and will find a solution in a very short time.

Then there is the specific training method.

In Yamato Akagi's impression, the trainers he met all liked to listen to the instructions of their predecessors, or follow the contents of textbooks, or rely on experience.

Yasui Makoto is different, he doesn't care about the method.

As long as he is sure that it will be effective against the Northern Black Horse, he will use it and make timely adjustments, never sticking to the rules.

So with this unconventional training style, besides running side by side, what other training will he arrange for Xiaobei...?
"The afternoon schedule is the same as yesterday's, but I usually don't arrange training on Friday nights so she can have a good rest."

After explaining to Yamato Akagi, Yasui Shin looked at Kita no Xuanju with a smile.

"And she told me yesterday that she had plans with her friends to go karaoke tonight and wanted to go a little early, so I agreed."

"Yeah! Is the trainer going too?" Upon hearing the evening arrangements, Northern Black Horse suddenly became excited.

"I'm not going."

Shaking his head, Yasui Zhen took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket.

“I learned basic music theory while preparing for the exam, and I also wrote some songs in my free time. You can try singing them when you go to KTV.

"If it feels right, I'll try to record it and send it to your event account."

"Competition account?" Beibu Xuanju was startled, then took the paper and opened it to look at it. "Huh? The trainer can write musical notation?"

"Music is an elective subject, and I learned a little bit."

Yasui Zhen nodded, then smiled and said:
"You're an expert in this area. If there's anything wrong, just state it directly."

"What kind of expert..."

Smiling sheepishly, Northern Xuanju nodded and said, "Then I'll try to hum it first."

(End of this chapter)