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

Mr. Jinlang, why are you here? Wasn't he still not allowed to be discharged from the hospital?

"Miss McQueen, concentrate!"

However, Jin Lang seemed to notice McQueen's eyes and immediately reminded him in a serious tone: "Don't get distracted! Focus all your attention on the game! What's in front of you is the only thing you need to focus on!"

"...That's McQueen's trainee? The one he keeps mentioning, Takatoshi Imanami?"

At this moment, the head of the Mejiro family in the audience finally reacted. When he saw Takatoshi Imamichi riding the golden ship, he didn't just rush out to cheer for McQueen out of sheer enthusiasm, but instead let her focus on the battle. He finally smiled and nodded.

"...Not bad, but considering how young the trainer is, it's really quite remarkable."

……

“Mr. Jinlang…” McQueen was also slightly dazed, but he quickly refocused his attention on the competition after Jinlang’s reminder.

While encouragement might not directly change the course of the battle for McQueen, she clearly displayed a stronger momentum in an attempt to overwhelm the renowned general, Fury. McQueen's stamina was also constantly increasing, relentlessly closing the gap of half a horse length between Fury and her horse!

Nu Tao also felt the pressure increase even more, but he still had to grit his teeth and persevere.

"I absolutely cannot lose—I can't let my trainer down!"

The struggle between Raging Waves and McQueen put immense pressure on both women. Just as they were locked in a stalemate, a sharp figure suddenly broke into their battle!

"It's the Emperor of the East Sea! The Emperor of the East Sea is charging up!"

"what?!"

Tamamo Cross's words surprised both McQueen and Raging Waves. Only then did they notice that the East Sea Emperor, whom they had distanced themselves from, had somehow regrouped and was now about a horse's length away from them!

"Haaaaaaahh ...

"No! You can't leave me behind like this!"

"My performance as the invincible emperor has only just begun!"

"emperor……"

At this moment, neither McQueen nor Raging Waves expected that the East Sea Emperor, who had clearly been underperforming, would actually rush up. Faced with the East Sea Emperor's unstoppable momentum, Raging Waves' momentum, which had been relentlessly pursuing McQueen, suddenly faltered, and a sense of fear arose in his subconscious.

She had already given her all to hold onto McQueen, but the arrival of the East Sea Emperor disrupted her strategy, throwing Nutao into disarray.

But that moment of fear in the raging waves instantly brought McQueen to his senses, allowing him to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

"A great opportunity!" McQueen suddenly remembered Jin Lang's warning and focused his attention on the race!

"Oh! Oh! Oh! The raging waves lost speed for a moment. Were they suppressed by the Emperor of the East Sea? And McQueen! McQueen has unleashed his power!"

"The final fifty meters! Megumi McQueen is unleashing her second burst of power! Unstoppable! No one can stop her now!"

Oh no! At this moment, both the furious waves and the emperor, who had unexpectedly disrupted the situation, saw McQueen's retreating figure. At this moment, neither of the two women could entangle McQueen anymore; they could no longer stop it all.

Nu Tao's pupils widened suddenly as she stared at the finish line where she had once been victorious... only to have McQueen cross it...

"Cross the finish line! First place! Megumi McQueen has broken through the pack and won first place in this friendly match!"

The shouts of Tamamo Cross rang out along with the cheers from the entire stadium, and Mejiro McQueen's crossing of the finish line signified that the sole winner of this friendly match had emerged.

"One horse leads the way, and all others pale in comparison." The female racehorses after first place are simply losers.

"Second place goes to the Emperor of the East Sea, third place to the famous general Nutao who just realized what was happening and crossed the finish line, and fourth place to Special Zhou!"

"And the only winner of this race is Megumi McQueen. She will win this friendly match and be crowned the best freshman racehorse girl of this year's Treson Academy!"

Chapter 37: Imai's Target by the Head of the Meguro Clan

"Metsuji McQueen has won this friendly match! Let's congratulate Metsuji McQueen for defeating all the freshmen of her year at Treson Academy and successfully winning the title of 'Treson Academy's Best Freshman Racehorse Girl'!"

"Ha ha……"

However, Tamamo's shouts and the enthusiastic cheers and applause from the stands went unnoticed by the female racehorses in the arena. Meguro McQueen, panting heavily as if he could barely stand, still managed to maintain his composure through sheer willpower and strike an elegant victory pose.

Behind her, the renowned athletes Nutao and Donghai Diwang, who had just crossed the finish line, collapsed to their knees on the track due to the combined physical and mental strain.

"Damn it!" The Emperor of the East Sea pounded the racetrack with his little fist in frustration, closing his eyes and saying angrily:

"I clearly had a chance to win! I could have won! Why!"

"—Because, Your Majesty, you are too proud."

Meanwhile, on the other side, the Symbol of Rudol and the Qi Tank had somehow entered the arena through another entrance. The Symbol of Rudol, dressed in his final battle attire, slowly knelt before the kneeling emperor and spoke, word by word:

"You knew from the beginning that your running style should be to lead, and your concentration and perfect start made your opening very perfect. All of this was good, but because of this, you changed your strategy at the last minute and chose the tactic of running away."

"The 2000-meter track is your home turf, but your endurance and strength are simply not enough to support you as a runaway horse and withstand greater wind pressure. With your stamina, even if you make it to the final sprint track, I'm afraid you won't have the strength for the final sprint."

"I……"

However, faced with the gentle rebuke symbolized by Rudol, the East Sea Emperor opened her mouth but said nothing. She gradually realized that she had not made good use of her perfect start, so much so that her ending was destined from the beginning.

If you don't have the stamina to sprint to the finish line, the result will be the same: you will be overtaken by Rumble and McQueen, and you will still not be the champion—except that the results for McQueen and Rumble might be different.

"And most importantly, Your Majesty, you are too easily influenced by your surroundings." Rudol gently patted the Emperor's head, showing no disdain for the sweat on his brow, and said with a smile:

"You knew perfectly well that Maki was a sprinter, and you realized that before the friendly race even started, but when Maki overtook you, you still panicked—did you think Maki's lead could last forever? Could she have developed such stamina in just one week?"

"When Real Machine overtook you, you not only did not slow down, but even tried to overtake Real Machine, wasting a lot of energy. Later, when Raging Wave and McQueen overtook you, you also lost energy and your mentality was affected."

"If you hadn't lost focus and slowed down to the middle of the group, you wouldn't have even made it past the special week, and you wouldn't have had the stamina for the final sprint."

"Yes, President... I know I was wrong..."

Although Lu Duo did not harshly reprimand the Emperor of the East Sea, the Emperor had already learned from Lu Duo's words how many serious mistakes he had made in this friendly match, and how each mistake could have been a huge blunder that could have caused the victory to slip away from his grasp.

The East Sea Emperor gradually realized that he had far too little experience in racing and training. He should have been the best among the new racehorse girls, yet he had made so many mistakes!

"President, I... I will train even harder!" The Emperor of the East Sea immediately stood up, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said solemnly:

"I will train hard and never be arrogant again. I will train alongside everyone! I will never look down on anyone again!"

The Emperor himself knew that he underestimated many of the racehorse girls, such as Maki-rei—he didn't consider Maki-rei a competitor at all from the beginning of this friendly race, and he didn't even take Raging Waves seriously at first. His only opponent was Megumi McQueen.

But in this race, she realized that every racehorse girl has the potential to turn the tide, just like Makoto's initial lead and Special Week's sprint, including herself.

If it weren't for his unexpected disruption, the championship would probably have belonged to Nutao.

“Very good.” Lu Duo also smiled and nodded. Her judgment was indeed correct. After a harmless defeat, the Emperor of the East Sea grew rapidly as she had expected.

This child has such talent, perhaps... there are some hidden dangers, but Lu Duo still hopes that the Emperor of the East Sea can grow up quickly.

Since she couldn't stop the child from soaring, all she could do was watch over the child's running back.

"Alright, now stand up and go shake hands with your opponents."

"Hmm!" The Emperor of the East Sea immediately regained his energy and got up from the ground. He was about to shake hands with the Angry Waves beside him to express his apology for his disrespect.

However, just as the East Sea Emperor turned to look at her side, she discovered that the figure of the famous general Nu Tao, who should have been right beside her, had disappeared without her noticing.

"Hey? Where's Nutao? Where did she go?"

"...While you were chatting just now, I saw her walk outside with her head down."

The air tank next to them shook its head helplessly and said to them, "I see that Trainer Wada has already caught up. There should be no problem. Don't worry."

“…Perhaps it’s not bad. Hopefully, Nutao can also take this opportunity to grow.” Lu Duo hesitated for a moment after hearing this, then smiled and said, “She has a good trainer. She lost the victory that was within her grasp because of her cowardice. She needs to vent her frustration.”

"Then I'll go find McQueen. I'll definitely defeat her next time!" The Emperor quickly turned to look in the other direction. However, McQueen didn't notice the Emperor at all and ran off in another direction.

"Golden Ship! How could you bring Mr. Jinlang to the competition! His injury hasn't healed yet!"

"I had the Golden Ship bring me here. Thinking about it carefully, I should have come to watch Miss McQueen's competition live. It seems that I made the right decision."

Jinlang slowly dismounted from Golden Ship's back. Golden Ship was also exhausted. Running all the way from the hospital was easy for her racehorse-girl speed, but it was still difficult to shake off the doctors. So Golden Ship simply picked Jinlang up and started running. They ran all the way to the racetrack and even ran alongside McQueen for a distance.

Jin Lang first helped the golden ship sit down and rest for a while before speaking to the worried McQueen:

"McQueen, you won beautifully. I saw it all. You seized your last opportunity perfectly."

"It was only Mr. Jinlang's reminder that kept me from wavering..." McQueen said somewhat embarrassedly to Jinlang, "When the Emperor charged forward, if I hadn't remembered Mr. Jinlang's warning, I might have been terrified..."

"—Anyway, victory is victory, Megumi McQueen, you won beautifully."

At this moment, Rudolf, accompanied by the Qi Trough and the Emperor, arrived beside Jin Lang and his group. Rudolf's eyes held an expression of extreme admiration as he spoke to Jin Lang and McQueen:

"Your teamwork is excellent. It's no exaggeration to say that you are the most successful team I have ever seen. Trainer Jinlang and Megumi McQueen, you have both proven your excellence with your abilities."

"So, now proudly raise this honor."

As he said this, Rudolf took the medal, which was merely a symbol of honor, from the air tank and handed it to the two of them. After exchanging a glance, McQueen and Jin Lang each accepted it with both hands and then raised the medal high together.

Accompanying their actions was a thunderous roar of cheers and applause that shook the entire arena. In an instant, the whole place was chanting the name "Metsuji McQueen"—the honor she deserved as the victor.

"Imanami Takatoshi... that young man is really interesting."

At this moment, the head of the Meguro family nodded with interest, watching McQueen and Jinlang, who were the focus of everyone's attention. She seemed quite satisfied, and then said to a girl beside her:

"Aldan, after the event is over, go find McQueen and her trainer, and on behalf of the Mejiro family, invite that trainer to our Mejiro family as a guest."

"Grandmother, you mean..." Megumi Ardan was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and then asked with a somewhat subtle tone.

"...A good trainer is hard to find, and a trainer who can be as compatible as McQueen is even rarer. We should make the most of this opportunity."

The head of the Meguro family smiled slightly and said, word by word, "Bring him here and treat him well. The future of our Meguro family may very well be in the hands of this young man."

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Self-Disgusting General Fury Waves

The cheers echoing throughout the training grounds of Treson Academy, and the school-wide announcement of Megumi McQueen's victory and the title of "Treson Academy's Best Freshman Racehorse Girl," formed a stark contrast to the deserted scene outside.

But the renowned general Nu Tao stayed away from the excitement, from that stage for victors to the place where the losers met their end. Alone, he lowered his head and went to a quiet corner of Treson Academy.

This is a place where Nutao often comes alone. It's located around a teaching building, and there's a hollowed-out tree stump opening on the side. Here, you can often see many racehorse girls who are frustrated by losing races, roaring angrily to vent their frustration and dissatisfaction.

Nu Tao also arrived at this moment. She silently aimed at the hollowed-out hole, slightly opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.

"I……"

I lost, I lost to Megumi McQueen, I'm so unwilling, but I will definitely win next time—before coming here, Nutao had even thought of his own lines.

It's a very ordinary, yet very simple wish. That's how the horse racing girls are—wholeheartedly pursuing victory. Although Ryuta failed this time by finishing third, the gap between her and Megumi McQueen wasn't as big as she imagined. She still has a chance to win next time.

That's how I should think, but...

"Tick."

"Waaah—" Tears still uncontrollably streamed down Nu Tao's face. He gritted his teeth slightly, his expression as weak as a lamb, yet he stubbornly refused to let out a sound, as if it were his last shred of dignity.