Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 91 Blocking and Gradient Acceleration

Yasui Zhen didn't pay any attention to the expressions of the horse racing girls, but focused on the physical recovery of Kita no Xuanju.

He had never told anyone that he was actually looking forward to his performance as a horse girl in the Gaoyue Award.

In the past few months, both the growth of Northern Black Colt and the consecutive victories in competitions have shown that the direction of accumulation and hard work is correct.

The upcoming G1 big prize will undoubtedly be a true test of all the hard work and sweat we’ve put in during this period.”

So after the break was over, instead of going to the cafeteria with Kitaguchi Genju and the others, Yasui Makoto went to the student union office and got the video of the training match.

After the competition, the two presidents hoped that they could organize the drone footage and give some suggestions after watching the footage.

This obvious goodwill was obviously not only for him, An Jingzhen, but more undoubtedly for Northern Xuanju.

When leaving the student council, Yasui Makoto received not only the training match videos that the two presidents had helped to organize, but also the replays of previous Gaoyue Sho competitions, which included the records of their trainers from that year.

"Let Xiaobei prepare well. On the day of Gaoyue Award, we will go to cheer for her no matter what." The Emperor of the East China Sea said this when handing the hard drive containing the video to Yasui Shin.

Being able to coach two horse girls like the student council presidents, one can imagine the review level of their trainers.

Especially the Emperor of the East Sea, as a horse girl with two undefeated championships, her performance and review in the Gaoyue Award are of self-evident reference value.

What Yasui Makoto lacks is practical coaching experience, and these videos can make up for it.

After thanking the two presidents and returning to the rental house with the USB drive, Yasui Zhen did not rest and analyzed various competitions and reviewed the videos all night long.

The next day, with the optimized training plan, Yasui Makoto came to the school playground.

Unlike the previous time, this time he was not next to the runway, but came to the outside of the runway guardrail near the steps.

There are lawns planted on both sides of the steps, just like a running track. This section of road is very similar to the key race of Gaoyue Sho and can be used as a training ground.

One of the key trainings before the competition will begin here.

However, when Kitaguchi Xuanju came over, An Jingzhen originally wanted to explain the content of the subsequent training, but Kitaguchi Xuanju was surprised at first.

"Trainer, you...did you stay up late?"

“…Is it that obvious?”

Yasui Zhen was also surprised, and he unconsciously touched his eye sockets.

"Yeah, such heavy dark circles..."

After saying this worriedly, Beibu Xuanju's eyes suddenly lit up, "Right! Trainer, close your eyes first."

...Why do you close your eyes?

He originally planned to ask this, but subconsciously, Yasui Zhen closed his eyes.

"Grandpa said inspiration often comes late at night, so he often stays up late."

The voice of Northern Black Horse was very close, and the sound of rustling could be heard from the rapid rubbing of palms.

"Rubbing your palms together to warm your eyes will be very comfortable, like this——"

Soon, Yasui Zhen felt a pair of warm palms covering his eyes, and could also feel the girl's neatly manicured nails brushing against his eyebrows.

Before arriving at Central Academy, Kita no Xuanju knew that the trainers' jobs were not easy.

Various training plans, schedule arrangements, and negotiations with the media...all of these are done by the trainers.

She also heard from Senior Emperor that his trainer had been working day and night to research fracture rehabilitation programs in order to help him realize his dream of participating in the Chrysanthemum Viewing Festival.

This kind of dedication was one of the reasons why the senior finally got over his regret of not being able to participate in the chrysanthemum viewing.

Such dedication not only allowed her to better understand the trainers, but also moved her.

Now when she saw the dark circles under her trainer's eyes, she almost knew what was going on.

This must be working towards the upcoming Gaoyue Award. This is the dream that the trainer mentioned, and it is also her dream.

Since the trainer was working hard for their shared dream, she would do her best to help the trainer and redouble her efforts in the upcoming training. This was what she thought as she placed her hands on Yasui Makoto's eyes.

He gently pressed his palm on An Jingzhen's eyes for a while, then pulled it back, aligned the palms together, rubbed them quickly for a while, and pressed it back again.

After repeating this several times, she stepped back a little, quickly put her hands behind her back, and unconsciously rubbed her fingertips against each other, expectantly saying:

"How is it? Do your eyes feel better?"

When Northern Xuanju took half a step back, An Jingzhen opened his eyes.

The black-haired girl's silhouette was rimmed with gold as she stood with her back to the light. The morning breeze blew up the strands of hair at her temples, revealing a hint of crimson on the tips of her ears.

"...Much better." Yasui Zhen touched his eyelids unconsciously.

He suddenly felt that all the hard work he had done last night and everything that had happened so far were worth it.

"Ah That's good!"

Clenching his fists, Northern Xuanju smiled brightly and said, "Then let's start today's training!"

"This should be my opening line, right? You stole my line, Xiaobei."

Being in such a good mood, An Jing couldn't help but have some joking thoughts.

After making a joke, he quickly sorted out his thoughts and gradually became serious.

"Let's start with the review of the training match. You should remember that I said the training match has two purposes..."

"I know!"

In a rush to answer, Northern Xuanju raised his hand and said, "One is to test the results of previous training, and the other is to identify problems and solve them before the Gaoyue Award!"

"That's right. I briefly told you yesterday, and your performance exceeded my expectations."

Yasui Zhen nodded and said, "But now I want to hear what impressed you most about this training match."

"The place that left the deepest impression on me...?"

Nodding thoughtfully, Northern Xuanju lowered his head and pursed his lips, "That should be... the first and final bends, right?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying. Look at this first."

Agreeing, Yasui Shin took out the tablet computer he carried with him and played a video of the game.

The content of the video is exactly the situation at the first corner of the training match.

Leading the way is Yamato Akagi, who is already at the exit of the turn, with her chestnut ponytail drawing a sharp arc at the turn.

Following behind is Northern Black Horse, then Vodka, then Special Week and Golden Ship.

Then he called up another video.

This time it was the final turn. On the screen, Special Zhou, Vodka and Golden Ship surpassed Northern Xuanju one after another.

Beibu Xuanju stared at his own running form, his ears turning slightly red.

"This... I can clearly control my center of gravity during special training, but in actual combat I always feel like there's a force pushing me outwards. It seems like running is really difficult..."

“It’s okay to find it difficult.”

Yasui nodded and said, "Throughout the entire game, your predecessors unanimously adopted the two tactics of cornering and corner blocking.

"The first and last corners are where these tactics become most evident, so that's why you find it difficult.

"I said your performance was unexpected because you used one of the best response methods in the early stages.

"That's 'gradient acceleration'."

(End of this chapter)