Having trained real horses, why are we now training racehorse girls after time-traveling?

After all, this year was a classic year, and Good Opera really brought together all the miracles and achievements that Uma Musume could achieve. The classic Triple Crown Uma Musume, the Arima Kinen Battle Rudor Symbol, became the new "strongest in Japan". Such achievements are not something that can be broken again in just one year.

The goldsmith had no confidence, absolutely no confidence. Even if Chi Tian had high hopes for her, she didn't think she could achieve that miracle again.

Faced with the situation of the Gold Master, Ikezoe nodded gently.

He really wanted to say that the earliest achievement of Good Opera was actually made by you. If it weren't for Wada taking advantage of time travel, plus everyone else helping him with his dream, plus Wada's own bond with Good Opera, all these factors combined would have made Good Opera the "strongest in Japan" it is today.

However, the Golden Master had already achieved these accomplishments in the previous world. Although she did not win the Arima Kinen vs. Rudolf Symbol battle, she won the Arima Kinen again after the Classic Triple Crown. The Golden Master was fully capable of doing such a thing.

These words were utterly unbelievable to the Gold Master, and Ikezoe was quite moved. He never imagined that he, as a senior, would one day feel that Wada was a mountain weighing on his shoulders...

"Drip drip."

"Huh? Who called?"

Chi Tian's phone suddenly rang, and after answering it, he immediately said, "Hello, this is Chi Tian Qianyi."

"—Trainer Ikezoe, this is Fujikiseki." A clear female voice came from the other end of the phone: "I'm with Maki-chan right now. There's a bit of trouble here, and I hope you can come and handle it."

"Trouble? Is something wrong with Karen-chan?" Chi Tian asked, slightly taken aback, and instinctively became nervous.

"No, it wasn't an accident... but it's not much different from an accident."

Fuji Kiseki's tone was somewhat hesitant, but he still insisted, "But Makoto insists that you can handle this situation, so... I hope you can come over."

"Please, if you can't do it, then no one in the entire Treson Academy can. Please promise me."

Chapter 230: The Transformation of Dongshang, Chi Tian's Little Witch

Not long after, when the Gold Master had dressed and hurriedly headed with Ikezoe to the location of the training ground that Fujikise had mentioned, they finally saw Fujikise standing with Makoto at that moment. However, this senior dormitory head of the Kurito dormitory seemed to be troubled by something.

"Oh dear—I'm really starting to get a little angry now, little pony." Fujikishi, pulling on the unusual horse girl in front of him—who wasn't wearing a school uniform at Treson Academy but instead a black coat and a hat like those worn by magicians in anime—said, while struggling to back away and trying to maintain a smile:

"Even if you're a freshman, you can't do whatever you want—our Treson Academy's training time limit is at least 2 hours a day. Even if you haven't found your ideal trainer, you can't just drag it out like this."

"I let you off the hook the last few times because you were new to Treson Academy and hadn't gotten used to the environment yet. But this time, you have to train according to the rules, little pony!"

"No! No, no, no, no, no!" However, the horse girl wearing the magic hat uttered an unexpectedly childish voice. She probably didn't have Fujikishi's strength, so even though Fujikishi wasn't pulling her with full force, she struggled and said:

"I'm a witch, you know! Just an apprentice witch! But messing with me has very serious consequences! I... I'll turn you into a frog! My grandmother really did it!"

"Little pony, you've said that so many times since you left the dorm, so I really hope you can try turning people into frogs. Maybe then I won't have to hold you back so much."

Fujikiseki has a really good temper. As a senior in the high school, she is determined to create a warm and welcoming environment like home for the new students and juniors of the academy. She also treats every Uma Musume like an older sister, which makes her very popular and well-liked among the Uma Musume community.

But this time, she was helplessly rebuffed. In the hands of a freshman who had just joined Treson Academy, her charming temperament failed her for the first time, and she was defeated by the laziness of a racehorse girl.

So, for the first time, Fujikise used a bit of roughness with the newborn foal. She forcibly pulled the child out of the dormitory. However, along the way, the foal's uncooperativeness and unwillingness to compromise left Fujikise physically and mentally exhausted.

If it weren't for the fact that she had a truly clever person by her side supporting her, she probably would have given up long ago.

"Alright, Dong Shang, don't make things so difficult for Fuji-senpai..." Maki-rei, who was standing to the side, was also at a loss. But soon, her horse's ears suddenly turned around, as if the radar had detected something, and she immediately turned her head to face Ikezoe and the Golden Master who were running over.

"Ah, Onii-chan! And Master-kun! You've finally arrived!"

"Please come and help Fuji-senpai, she looks so pitiful."

"What happened?" Chi Tian and the Gold Master rushed to the scene, and when they saw the short racehorse girl being held by Fujikishi, their eyes inexplicably turned a little strange.

"Onii-chan, please help me, only you can do this."

Meanwhile, Makoto pushed Ikezoe towards Fujikishi, saying, "Onii-chan, you have a way to manage the master, so you must have a way to deal with this kind of racehorse girl who doesn't want to cooperate with training, right? Please help your senior!"

As she said this, Makoto immediately said to Fuji Kiseki, "Fuji-senpai, Onii-chan is here."

"Oh, Trainer Ikezoe! Thank you so much. I was worried you wouldn't come. What would I do then?"

Fujiki immediately noticed Ikezoe and relaxed. The other girl, the horse racer wearing a magic hat, also noticed Ikezoe and looked up, saying:

"So this is the reinforcement the evil side has brought? Hmph, but I am a witch! I will not lose to you, no matter what help you bring, I will never be defeated!"

"...So what's going on? And who is this chuunibyou (delusional) little girl?"

However, when Ikezoe asked this question, he probably already had an answer in his heart, but he asked it now only in the hope that Fuji Stone could give him an extraordinary answer.

After all... there isn't just one prototype of a racehorse that doesn't like training, right? Although Ikezoe felt that he had ridden almost half of the racehorses designated by the Central Government that didn't like training, messed around in races, and had difficulty getting into the gate, he still hoped that these might not be the racehorses he thought they were.

"Trainer Ikezoe, good afternoon. I shouldn't have asked you for help with this, but Makoto said you're good at handling these kinds of situations..."

Fujikiseki was momentarily at a loss. Looking at the little racehorse girl beside her, a helpless expression appeared on her face for the first time. She said to Ikezoe:

"This is a freshman who recently skipped a grade to enter Treson Academy. Her name is Dong Shang Biange. She is very talented. As a marina racehorse girl, she has the talent to win GI, so she was specially exempted from the grade and came to Treson Academy."

"But... as you can see, she is very uncooperative with our Treson Academy's training standards and system, and has a very strong resistance to training. She also did not participate in the friendly match for new students, so I had to drag her out to train."

"After all, if the targets aren't met, the rules will deduct points from the racehorse girl's academic credits... and then she might get a public reprimand. If she accumulates too many, she might even be demoted back to a local position... which is a very serious matter."

"That's why I have no choice but to trouble you, Trainer Ikezoe. Maki-kun has a lot of confidence in you, and I believe you... must have some unexpected methods."

To be honest, even Fujikishi himself wasn't entirely convinced of his own words later on. After all, no matter how innovative the method, it couldn't compare to gentle persuasion or violent enforcement. But Fujikishi absolutely wouldn't allow anyone to use violence against Uma Musume. Putting aside the mental and physical harm to Uma Musume, the Three Goddesses might very well unleash divine punishment on those who harmed her.

But all she could do was try to persuade her with kind words. However, Fujiki had tried everything she could to convince Tosho to change things up, so she had already given up on that option in her heart.

However, before Ichiten could react to Fujikishi's words, the goldsmith beside him raised an eyebrow and said:

"This has nothing to do with us. Honestly, why should we waste our time on other female racehorses? I'm preparing for the Triple Crown."

"Chitian, let's not worry about this anymore, let's go back to training—hey? Chitian?"

However, before the Gold Master could finish speaking, Chi Tian had already walked up to Dong Shang Bian He, who was standing next to the Fuji Stone. Because Dong Shang Bian He was only about 1.4 meters tall, he had to kneel down to keep his eyes almost level with Dong Shang Bian He.

"...Shall we go to training?"

"No!" Dongshang Reform immediately refused.

“…Then there’s nothing we can do.” Chi Tian seemed unsurprised by this expected answer. However, under everyone’s watchful eyes, he actually sat cross-legged on the spot and said to the resistant Dongshang Reform in front of him:

"Let's see who can outlast whom. It's pretty cold outside. We'll all stay here until you decide to train."

"...Huh? Are you out of your mind?"

However, Dong Shang Bianfang looked at Chi Tian sitting in front of him and raised his eyebrows provocatively, saying, "I'm a racehorse girl, and a witch too. Witches don't catch colds, and their constitution is much better than yours. You'll catch a cold if you keep doing this!"

"It's alright. To be honest, I'm in pretty good health." Chi Tian chuckled upon hearing this, and thus continued to stall for time with the changes at Dongshang.

"In order to prevent you from being demoted back to the local area, I have no choice but to do this. So, let's see who can outlast whom, Dongshang Little Witch."

Chapter 231: The Little Witch Doesn't Like Anyone Being Kind to Ikezono

Chizue once had a fantasy, a fantasy that he still had when he first transmigrated—that he could change his tragic fate in his original world, and then train a few racehorse girls who might not be so outstanding, but were gentle and beautiful. From then on, he would just keep his A-level central trainer qualification certificate and be an ordinary trainer who would not compete with the world.

If you're lucky, you might encounter a few talented racehorse girls and try your best to get them to run in GI races. Even if they don't win, these racehorse girls who are successful just by running on the track can be grateful for the rest of their lives. That feeling of being loved is pretty good.

However, this fantasy was completely shattered when he later met the Golden Master. Even after meeting Makoto, a racehorse girl who was like an angel to Ikezoe, he still had no illusions about his past ideas.

He understood that fate had its own way of things, and there were some things he might not be able to avoid, such as the Golden Master, and even some of the racehorse girls who weren't currently in the team...

And now, the scene before him confirms Ikezoe's thoughts. The East Merchants' Reform, this horse girl whom Ikezoe both loves and hates, who is described as "elegant like a Yamato Nadeshiko," is, in Ikezoe's eyes, a little tormentor who is no less than the Gold Master.

As for why... the main reason is now quite obvious: Dong Shang Bian is extremely resistant to training and hates competitions. Even when he finally gets to the track, he still struggles to get into the starting lineup. As her former rider, Chi Tian doesn't want to say anything more about this.

Even her daughter inherited this trait... But I heard that her daughter usually behaves quite well, but she only gets upset when I ride her horse, and Ikezoe really thinks that's enough.

But in any case, once he has made up his mind, Chi Tian will do his best to do things well, even if they are things that give him a headache. Once he has agreed, he will do everything he can to do them well.

And so, in the cold winter of Japan, not long after Christmas, a man and a racehorse girl stared at each other in the freezing winter training ground.

"...Hey, you, Chi Tian, ​​are you alright?"

Finally, after an hour of silence, Dong Shang, huddled together, looked at Chi Tian, ​​whose face had turned pale, and finally couldn't help but speak:

"If you can't hold on, don't keep going here. Your face is all pale; you'll catch a cold."

“Okay, if you’re willing to go to training, Miss Dongshang, I can go back to my dorm now and enjoy the underfloor heating and air conditioning.”

However, Ikezoe, whose face was indeed a little pale, managed a smile in response. But soon after, Dongshang Reform turned his face away without giving her any face, pouting and stubbornly saying:

"No, I don't want to train."

"So why are you so resistant to training?" Chi Tian smiled helplessly, but he was also quite curious. In the past, during the Dongshang Reform, horse racing was unable to speak, but now Chi Tian felt that he should ask her why she disliked training so much.

"Training is for yourselves too. You should at least meet the weekly training targets, so why do you hate it so much?"

"I hate it! I strongly protest the training targets of Treson Academy! It's unfair! It's unethical!"

Once the topic came up, Dong Shang Biange seemed to have endless things to say. Although there were no student council members around, she spoke as if others would take her advice: "Training should depend on your mood! If you can't muster the motivation, you can't muster the motivation! Why force yourself to train every day!"

"My grandmother said that witches will suffer a backlash if they cast spells when they are emotionally unstable. I don't want to force myself to train when I'm not in the mood!"

"—Besides, I'm a witch, you know. My grandmother said that as long as I win the competition, I can learn magic. So on the field, I also need the blessing of magic to win. When I'm in a bad mood, I just don't want to run."

Okay, very energetic, and it's exactly as expected, completely incomprehensible. For some reason, Ikezoe couldn't understand the rhetoric of the East Merchants' Reform at all, but he felt a strange sense of relief.

At that moment, Zhen Jiling slowly ran over, holding two cups of hot cocoa. She handed one of them to Chi Tian and said softly with a hint of heartache:

"Onii-chan, here, hot cocoa. Have a cup to warm yourself up."

"Chitian, here's a blanket, cover yourself with it." The Golden Master, who was standing nearby, also came over with Zhenjiling. Although he said this, he still casually draped the blanket that the team had brought over Chitian.

"Ah, thank you so much, I'm so relieved." Chi Tian took the hot cocoa with one hand and tightened the blanket around himself, feeling much more comfortable as the chill in his body dissipated.

However, the genuine interest shown by Zhen Jiling and the Golden Master displeased Dong Shang Bian, who was also stalling with Chi Tian. The little witch stared intently at the hot cocoa in Chi Tian's hand and said with obvious displeasure:

"Hey, I want hot cocoa too! I'm so cold!"

"Hehe, that won't do, Dong Shang. This is a special privilege from Onii-chan. You're not a member of our team right now~"

Upon hearing this, Makoto smiled and said to Tousho Kagenyoshi, "Besides, it's because of Tousho-kun that Onii-chan and we are here keeping you company in the wind. So if you want to stay warm, why don't you just train properly?"

"Huh? How could this happen?!"

Upon hearing this, Dong Shang Biange was furious. He immediately stood up and said angrily, "Hmph, this witch will not argue with you. You're cheating! If you won't give me hot cocoa, I'll go buy it myself!"

"—Too bad, you can't escape, little witch, unless you think you can outrun me."

Just then, the Golden Master suddenly spoke up, stepping in front of Dongshang Reform. Rarely seen with such a large physique, the Golden Master exuded immense pressure in Dongshang Reform's presence. Even with a mask on, her eyes alone looked menacing. She said calmly:

"Have you ever heard of me, little witch? I am the 'Golden Tyrant'! You, a little witch who hardly ever participates in training these days, do you think you can escape my pursuit?"

"If you can do it, then give it a try, just don't cry when the time comes."

However, as he said this, the Golden Master even glared slightly with his eyes, which immediately frightened the little witch from the Eastern Merchant Reform who had skipped a grade, causing her to take several steps back and sit back down with a thud.

"Oh dear, Master, don't scare Dong Shang like that." Zhen Jiling, who was standing to the side, also stepped forward to play the good cop and said with a smile, "She's still just a child."