Uma Musume Girl, I'll tell you about my Santa Hat special move too?

"It's quite troublesome for Stardust Illusion, as a runner in the Great Escape, to fall behind the pack... But look at how East Merchants Reform runs."

"The power and rhythm of his kicks—absolutely right, that kid is a quintessential example of a master of the chase-and-run style!"

As the competition progressed, Dongshang Reform, which had just been acting like a spoiled little girl, now became completely serious.

Faced with the predicament of failing to exit the gate, she did not immediately respond. Instead, she remained in last place and continued to move forward at a slow pace.

However, in the latter half of the race, at the moment when all the riders rushed into the third corner and headed towards the final corner—

boom!

Even viewers watching from a distance could almost hear the loud bang coming from the screen at that moment.

The Eastern Merchants' transformation suddenly changed the way they moved.

The person's entire body leaned forward.

The speed and power of the arm swing are increased simultaneously.

Adjust the tilt of the front and back feet and the angle of the knee joint.

The angle between the foot and the ground also changes accordingly...

The next moment, the right foot slammed backward like a spear, propelling Dong Shang Bian's petite yet powerful figure forward.

In that instant, her entire body seemed to transform into an arrow released from a bow, and the earth became her bowstring.

With this step of Dongshang's transformation, the longbow was fully drawn, launching the runner directly toward the finish line!

[Accelerate! The East Merchant's transformation is gaining momentum! Her magical, almost magical last-foot speed is once again on display before everyone's eyes! In the blink of an eye, she has overtaken four, five, no, a full seven racehorse girls, and she has taken the lead!]

(Sweepy's ultimate☆magic... activated!)

Stardust Illusion looked at the runners on the screen, and it seemed as if he could hear the iconic, chuunibyou magical declaration of the Eastern Business Revolution.

However, this power is absolutely genuine, and no one would object to calling it "magic".

Stardust Illusion recognized that the core of this running method was the same method that Dong Shang Reform had taught him: coordinating all the muscles in the body into the running motion.

Furthermore, compared to then, even Stardust Illusion could hardly fathom just how powerful she is now, only able to make a rough estimate based on the competition results:

The other runners seemed to stand still in front of this runner.

They could only watch helplessly as Dongshang Bianbian surged from last place, overtaking them one by one, completely unable to resist the power of magic.

In other words... the Dongshang Reform may have already reached the highest level of leadership—just like himself, Qingzhu's memories, and even Oguri Hat!

Wow!! Unbelievable! Absolutely incredible! The Dongshang Reform runner is still accelerating, leaving everyone behind without stopping, sprinting straight towards the finish line!

On the track, this lone runner at the forefront seemed to have transformed into a storm.

Even the air resistance from the front was scattered and blown away, creating vortices that swept up bits of grass behind the East Merchants Reform, and then...

It charged straight into the finish line!

[First place crosses the finish line!!!]

The winner of this tulip appreciation competition is none other than this mysterious and amazing girl, Dongshang Biange!

[A full six-length gap, starting from last place and rallying relentlessly, this runner swept through thirteen opponents, utterly crushing all rivals with an absolute advantage!!!]

Let's cheer for her! Let me shout this runner's name once again!

[She is... Dong! Shang! Bian! Ge! !!!]

Then came the cheers and shouts from the audience, and then the recording came to an end.

"Let's all tell us what you think?"

After everyone had composed themselves, Hikari Toyama finally spoke, looking at the three racehorse girls she was assigned to and asking them a question.

"Mi-Mi-Yu thinks... well... her pursuit is really impressive... I'm sorry! Mi-Yu can't think of anything else!"

Mi Yu realized halfway through her speech that she hadn't done a very good job, so she simply covered her head and kept apologizing.

"Analyze the numbers? Bourbon understands—the mission begins!"

Upon hearing Hikari Toyama's question, Bourbon immediately nodded and closed his eyes.

The hair ornament on her head also lit up in red, clearly indicating that she wouldn't be able to answer in a short time.

So, the three trainers' gazes all turned to the last one, Stardust Illusion:

"Stardust and Dongshang Reform have known each other for a long time, right? They should be able to see something else, right?"

"That's what Superstream asked."

"Sweepy's last kick... has probably reached an incredible level."

Stardust Illusion recalled the scenes it had just seen in the recording and slowly said:

"I reckon if you asked the other competitors at the competition, they would likely have heard a sound like an explosion,"

"I can't really explain the specifics... but anyway, it's like a burst of explosive sprinting power! Then you rush off with a whoosh! And then you transform into the wind and sweep across the track—"

Stardust Illusion had to abandon his attempt to analyze the previous match using his meager theoretical knowledge halfway through his explanation.

Instead, they started injecting a lot of nonsensical onomatopoeia in an attempt to explain their ideas.

However, no one present understood what they were saying; everyone had an expression that seemed to say, "Can you speak like a human being?"

"Tsk, damn it! If only Oguri Hat and Grandpa Rokuhei were here! They would always understand what I'm saying!"

She could only frantically protest that there wasn't a single instinctive runner in the group who could resonate with her.

Chapter 182 The Magic of the Competition

"Ah, if only the Wind God were back by now."

After completing a day of training, Stardust Illusion dragged Alice into an extra two hours of final sprint training before heading to the cafeteria with Mi Yubo, drenched in sweat.

Unlike Miyu, Bourbon, Suzumiya, and Super Stream, although Stardust Illusion and Ennis Wind God haven't had much contact, once you've read that manual, you'll understand that the other party is definitely an instinct-type runner, just like yourself.

After all, she used three times more onomatopoeia in that booklet than she did today, and even used messy sketches to explain parts that were really hard to explain.

However, according to news from Toyama Hikari, Ennis Fuujin will not be able to rejoin the team until after April.

Although her foot had almost fully recovered, Hikari Toyama still asked a professional rehabilitation therapist at the academy to help Kazegami with rehabilitation so that he could be ready for daily training.

"According to the terminal, it is now 9:41:24, and there are 18:21 seconds left before the cafeteria closes. We need to speed up."

The Bourbon exit reminded Stardust Illusion, who was still immersed in today's training, to catch up with her.

"Okay, anyway, I've already built a good relationship with the cafeteria lady, she'll wait for me—"

Suddenly, the Stardust Illusion's breathing stopped.

Her heart suddenly skipped a beat, and she inexplicably felt an approaching threat from behind.

Although there was no time to look back, Stardust Illusion felt as if a missile was hurtling towards him.

boom!

Instinctively, she unleashed her physical strength and suddenly dodged to the side.

His footsteps were not only rapid, but also slightly altered, instantly splitting into several phantoms from the stardust illusion and scattering in all directions.

She transformed into a gust of wind, tracing an arc across the ground as she swept forward.

The sudden sense of crisis only disappeared after they had run more than twenty meters.

The Stardust Illusion stopped and turned to look at the spot where it had just been standing.

In that spot, a petite figure wearing a huge witch's hat had already appeared.

Bourbon had already grabbed her outstretched wrist, his right hand hidden at his waist, his whole body tense and ready to strike, as if he were about to punch the girl in the face at any moment.

Meanwhile, Mi Yu, who was standing on the other side, had somehow appeared behind the girl. The girl's eyes were tightly closed, and she was trembling all over. She pulled out a black dagger from somewhere and thrust it forward...

"Wait, wait, wait! It's Sweepy! Dongshang Reform was just playing a joke on me!"

Stardust Illusion quickly stopped his two sensitive teammates to prevent the mysterious news from spreading the next day that "criminal suspect Stardust, along with two teammates, killed a competitor before the match."

After much effort, they managed to calm Mi Yu down, who was about to cry, and then had Bopang take her home.

Stardust Illusion then turned around and looked irritably at the direction of the Eastern Merchants' reforms:

"You like thrills, right?"

"Hmph...Hmph!"

Dongshang Bianbian was clearly frightened by what had just happened and has not yet fully recovered.

But faced with the Stardust Illusion's teasing, she immediately straightened up, put her hands on her hips, and her gaze wandered uncertainly:

"I just came to say hello to you, Saber, who knew they..."

"Why are all your teammates weirdos?! They can even pull out daggers, it's really strange, isn't it?"

"Are you afraid?"

Stardust Illusion pulled two small bread rolls from its pocket, handed one over, then tore open the wrapper and began to devour it.

"Hmph, I'm not afraid at all—if you hadn't stopped me in time, I would have used the normal attack magic I got from Nagoya!"

"In that case, it will be the two of them who suffer!"

Dong Shang stubbornly defended himself, then tore open the packaging of the small bread and put it in his mouth:

"It's been almost a year since we last saw each other, hasn't it?"

Stardust Illusion felt the wheat aroma of the bread in its mouth gradually turn into sweetness before swallowing it.

This familiar scene reminded her of a year ago in the hospital, when they ate small cakes baked by their family and learned to run.

Thinking of this, the Stardust Illusion nodded:

"Yes, it will be a year in a month since Grandma Dongshang was transferred to another hospital."

"...Since then, for the past year, Saber, have you really been training yourself according to the running method I taught you?"

The little witch's mood visibly dipped, and she lowered her head slightly as she asked this question.

"Um—should I say that I'm exercising according to the method you taught me? Anyway... to earn money to help pay for my sister's medical expenses, I've never stopped running."