Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 98 Even if it’s just this 2000 meters

As Xingmu raced down the track, the audience cheered and applauded, and couldn't help but start talking.

"Oh! That kid is amazing! Her name is Xingmu, right? Looks like she'll become an outstanding horse girl in the future!"

"I've heard of that child. He should be from the Dragon King's family and seems to be a descendant of the Dragon King."

"I've heard my child say that too. I heard her family runs short distances, but I didn't expect she looks capable of running this distance!"

Amidst the noise, Northern Black Horse was shouting with joy at the front of the audience.

"That's right! That's it! Go ahead, little apricot eyes!"

Similar to a formal competition, this event has prepared special viewing seats for the "little trainers", which are located at the front where they can see the competition most directly.

Like Northern Xuanju, the Satomi sisters and Mingsheng Leidong are also here.

In addition, the same is true for Indomitable Steel and Noda Kinko, who will soon participate in the Gaoyue Sho.

When Northern Black Colt was excited, all the horse racing girls were stunned.

Even Ming Leidong, who usually had a cold expression, opened his mouth slightly at this moment.

"...Hey, Xiaobei, you...she..."

After hesitating for a moment, Satomi Crown grabbed Northern Xuanju's arm and said with both anger and amusement:

"How on earth do you coach this kid...? The way she runs... isn't that just random?"

"Come on! Come on, little Xingmu... ah?"

After jumping and shouting a few times, Northern Xuanju finally noticed that his arm had been grabbed.

"Crown-chan, did you just say something?"

"I mean……"

Pointing helplessly at the track, Satomi Crown looked over and said, "Isn't this kid running recklessly like this... Hey? Her speed..."

On the track, Xingmu, who had burst out at an astonishing speed at the beginning of the race, now slowed down significantly.

Although she was still in the leading position, the distance between her and the following young horse racing ladies was visibly shortening.

The commentator also reported the scene truthfully. Perhaps he had recovered from the initial surprise and panic, and the broadcast sounded much calmer than before.

"Then Xingmu's speed isn't as fast now. It seems his initial burst was intended to gain a better position.

“The other contestants also reacted and they were all trying to catch up with Xingmu.

"However, Xingmu's exit did have an impact. Several other runners were slow to exit the gate and are now quite far behind.

"Don't panic at this time. The game has just begun. I hope the players can stay calm."

At this time, Northern Xuanju also understood what Satomi Crown was asking.

"How can this be considered reckless? Little Xingmu is clearly following our agreement, right?"

She said something a little dissatisfied, then quickly smiled and said, "We agreed this morning that we shouldn't overthink this race, just run however we want, that's all."

He was still paying attention to the situation on the runway, but when he heard this, Satomi Crown couldn't help but look over again and felt helpless again.

"Run however you want... Xiaobei, you're still saying you're not messing around. Is this how a competition is arranged...?"

"Don't be impatient, Crown-chan."

Uncharacteristically, with a serious expression, Northern Xuanju retorted to his friend:
"You can run however you want. I'm just telling Xiao Xingmu to listen."

"Say it specifically to her..." Satomi Crown was stunned.

"Yeah, because the little almond eyes now are just like me when I first met my trainer."

He nodded as a matter of course, his knuckles turning slightly white as he gripped the railing. Staring at the small figure on the runway, Northern Xuanju couldn't help but smile.

“At that time, I didn’t understand a lot of things, and the trainer didn’t rush to tell me too much. Instead, he often told me to find my own rhythm and the game I wanted.

“I later realized that every training session and every game was not as simple as my trainer told me.

"He did a lot of things and made a lot of preparations, but it sounded so simple to me at the time." I think Xiao Xingmu should feel the same way.

“That’s why I didn’t talk to her much.

“Of course, the way she runs now is something I’ve thought about seriously.

"It's okay for her to run like this!"

After hearing this, Satomi Crown looked his friend up and down as if he was meeting Northern Xuanju for the first time.

Not only her, but also Satomi Guangzuan, Mingsheng Leidong, and the Indomitable Zhengang and others who heard the conversation over there, couldn't help but look at Beibu Xuanju sideways.

In their impression, Northern Xuanju has always been an optimist and very enthusiastic, but sometimes he is too careless and too unconcerned about details.

However, the black-haired girl now looked unexpectedly attentive, and had a kind of maturity and stability that had never been seen before.

"And there are some differences between Xiao Xingmu and me."

Then, speaking of this, a look of emotion flashed in Beibu Xuanju's eyes.

“No matter what others say about me, my grandfather, my father, my family, and my trainers are all willing to support me to run the race I want to run.

“Little Xingmu has no such support.

“She really wanted to run a 2000m race like this, but her family disagreed.

“In that case, I think I want to support her in running this time, even if it’s just this one time.

"Support her to run however she wants."

As the Northern Black Horse murmured, Xingmu, who was running hard on the track, felt an unprecedented sense of pleasure all over his body.

She didn't know how her predecessor did it, but she firmly believed that this run was definitely what she had always dreamed of.

Continuous explosions and continuous acceleration are the training she received at home, and it is also the most emphasized in short-distance running.

She knows that middle and long distance is more than just that.

Without telling her family, she had been secretly studying the key points of long-distance events.

She has seen the balanced requirements of comprehensive qualities for middle-distance running, the extreme reliance on endurance for long-distance running, and the different strategies and tactics of escaping, leading, differing, and chasing from short-distance running...

It wasn't that she liked the differences.

Instead, he wanted to become Xingmu because of these differences, rather than the Xingmu of the family.

So... thank you very much, Senior Northern Xuanju...

She couldn't help but feel grateful in her heart, but then the hurried footsteps behind her brought her back to reality.

There were also some angry shouts.

"Xing-mu-! Don't think you can get away so easily!"

There was no need to turn around, just by the voice, Xingmu could recognize that it was the shining star from the next class.

In my impression, this classmate seems to like to say things like "becoming the strongest horse girl", and she always looks competitive whether she is studying or training.

"The strongest"?... childish idea.

What are you talking about running away... Do you think I'm angry with you?
But he's catching up pretty fast, so this position...

He raised the corner of his mouth unconsciously, and glanced at the subsequent track. The thought of whether to speed up or not flashed through his mind for a moment, and Xingmu quickly made a decision.

She maintained her current speed without any change, allowing the footsteps behind her to overtake her.

When they passed each other, she caught a glimpse of the astonished look from the side out of the corner of her eye, and she raised the corner of her mouth again.

"Such a fast pace... do you think this is a short distance? Be careful not to run out of energy and stall at the end..."

She whispered with a smile.

(End of this chapter)