Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 70 This is the winner's stage! (Happy New Year! More updates)

Amidst the cheers from the audience, there was naturally a special mention for Zhou.

"Great! Xiaobei is amazing! First place! One move! Three consecutive championships! Xiaobei is amazing!"

She jumped up and down and spoke incoherently for a while, waving her hands desperately without caring whether the black-haired girl with her arms raised high on the track could see her.

"Hey - Xiaobei - I saw it - it was an exciting game -"

As she shouted, her voice gradually became lower. She rubbed her throat, coughed dryly a few times, and her expression changed. She looked to the side a little embarrassedly.

"Ahem... Sorry, Trainer Yasui, I was so excited. Did I scare you?"

After asking, she was stunned.

Yasui Zhen didn't look at her, nor did he shout excitedly like the others.

The trainer had an indescribable expression on his face, breathing softly, holding the railing in front of him tightly, and staring at the Northern Black Horse on the track.

Seeing this, Zhou was puzzled and a little worried.

"Um... Trainer Yasui, are you okay...?"

After asking several times, she finally saw An Jingzhen looking at her as if he had come to his senses.

"Huh? What...Oh, I'm fine."

He smiled, waved his hand, packed up the telescope and other tools, and pointed to the passage behind the audience seats.

"I'm going to check on Xiaobei's post-match checkup. Do you want to come with me, or stay here and watch the game?"

Te Zhou hesitated.

She felt that Yasui seemed to be in a strange mood.

After learning from Yamato Akagi and Vodka that Kitaguchi Genju had made his debut, she was very happy for a while.

Especially after learning that her junior had successfully debuted and won two consecutive games, and was about to win the first big prize in her career, she immediately decided to come to Tokyo from Hokkaido.

During this period, she was also curious about An Jingzhen's situation.

She didn't know much about trainers, but she felt that it must be amazing to be able to pass the trainer exam at such a young age, especially since she led Xiaobei to two consecutive victories.

When they actually met, her specific abilities were still unclear, but she clearly felt that Yasui's observation skills must be very strong, and his event arrangements were as bold as his friends said.

When she was still active, she came to the Zhongshan stadium many times and cheered for many seniors and friends who came here.

The bushes at the exit of the underground passage were discovered by her and her friends.

After that, when they cheered for the younger ones, they would hide there and were never discovered once, giving the younger ones a surprise every time.

Although she came alone this time, she still wanted to use this method, but she didn't expect to be discovered by An Jingzhen.

As for the competition schedule, although she hasn't played in a competition for a long time and doesn't watch competitions as frequently as she did in the past because she has to help her mother take care of the ranch, she is sure that "positioning and forcing" is not a tactic that most newcomers can master.

This tactic has very high requirements. It requires not only precise distance control, accurate physical judgment, and absolute perception of the race schedule, but also sufficient experience.

It's not that she doesn't know this tactic.

In the Japanese Derby that year, it was thanks to this tactic that she was able to pass the position in front and behind the big beech tree, making it difficult for Qingyun Tiankong to run as easily as Gaoyue Shang.

Afterwards, relying on the sufficient physical strength reserved by this tactic, he rushed out to a great victory of 5 lengths in one breath.

The problem is that she only began to master this tactic during the Gaoyue Sho, and only felt that she could apply it to the point of ease before the Japan Derby.

Beibu Xuanju's tactics in the second half of the match, though not quite as refined, were undoubtedly the same, and successful. Xiaobei... is he such a genius, or was this trainer Yasui's arrangement? Perhaps a bit of both...?
When she thought about it this way, Zhou especially felt that Yasui must be as powerful as she had thought before.

So, what was that strange expression on his face just now? It couldn’t be that he was unhappy because Xiaobei won, right?
Confused, she followed An Jingzhen for a few steps and couldn't help but ask.

"Trainer Yasui, are you...are you really okay?"

“…Huh? What…”

Turning his head blankly, seeing Tebu Zhou's worried expression, Yasui Zhen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head.

"Nothing, I was just thinking about something... Let's go check on Xiaobei's examination results first."

Te Te Zhou was worried at first, but soon she felt relieved when she saw Yasui Zhen smile.

She was probably thinking about Xiaobei's next match, or summarizing the experience this time. What a responsible trainer.

After the game, there was still a routine health check. Yasui Shinya and Tokugawa Monday went to the infirmary to understand the condition of Kita no Genju.

Like the previous two times, there was nothing wrong with Northern Xuanju's examination results.

However, after comparing the post-match data of the previous two games, Yasui Zhen found that Kita no Xuanju's physical energy was obviously more depleted.

This is to be expected.

The Grand Prize level, Pre-OP and OP level events differ not only in prize amounts and fan requirements, but also in the intensity of the competition.

For example, the targeting that Northern Xuanju encountered in the early stages, the pinching he encountered near the end of the middle stage, and the pursuit he faced after exiting the corner, these either did not occur in the first two games or were not as intense.

These confrontations not only consume a lot of physical strength, but also test the brain. Of course, brain power is essentially a manifestation of physical strength.

From the current perspective, Northern Black Horse's physical exertion in the big prize race is actually completely within its tolerable range. This makes Yasui feel at ease while he also starts to think about the subsequent training and competition arrangements.

However, he did not mention these to Beibu Xuanju in a hurry. Instead, after encouraging him, he told him to have a good rest. Then he went to the affairs hall of the stadium with Te Bie Zhou to have dinner, and then returned to the audience seats.

Not only can you watch the game here, but you can also watch the winner's stage.

Every stadium is designed like this.

Opposite the auditorium, there is a runway around the outside.

A large area within the track will be open as a tourist area on weekdays, but will be closed the day before the competition to set up the stage infrastructure.

When the daytime races are over and the horse racing ladies are resting and preparing, the lifting platforms, movable screens, sound systems, fireworks equipment, etc. will be put in place one by one.

When night falls, the screen lights up, neon lights flash, and the audience waves colorful cheering sticks.

The arena that was a scene of fierce competition just a few hours ago has turned into a lively singing and dancing scene.

When the winner's stage began, the entire stadium or concert venue was ignited, and cheers broke out in an instant that were no less than any other cheers during the day.

One after another, singing and dancing performances that were no less exciting than the competitions were performed on stage and shone brightly.

As the finale of the day, the appearance of the runaway horse racing girls, Kita no Xuanju and others, brought the atmosphere of the performance to a climax.

The announcer's voice also led the scene just right.

"Share the joy of victory with the Uma Musume who achieved victory through unremitting efforts. This is the winner's stage!
"Dear viewers, please give them your enthusiastic support!

"For this piece, the one standing center stage is... Northern Xuanju!"

　happy New Year!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)