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

Of course, it is exciting to suddenly run 15 in a row at the very end of the race, but what if a strong runner can show a last-minute performance no less impressive than Oguri Hat?

Every time Stardust Illusion thought of this situation, his obsession with the Great Escape grew stronger.

Indeed, I'm always best suited for a great escape.

Compared to other runners, she has a system panel that allows her to clearly see where her weaknesses lie, so she can more clearly avoid her weaknesses and show her strengths during the race.

Just like in the previous competition, since stamina is a problem, we did the opposite and used the Great Escape to drag everyone into a stamina black hole. Then, we used the stamina recovery skill to continue and trigger the final kick, entering the final stage of the struggle for victory.

Hikari Toyama also held the same view as the Stardust Illusion, and she once used this analogy:

This is similar to the barrel effect: the capacity of the entire barrel is determined by how much the shortest stave can withstand.

What Stardust Illusion should do is quite simple: avoid its own weaknesses while attacking the weaknesses of others.

We will accumulate strength in the future, relying on...

A powerful last kick secures victory.

This is the simplest shortcut to gain a significant advantage in a game.

(Sometimes, taking a longer route is the real shortcut...)

Stardust Illusion closed his eyes slightly, imagining himself competing against various powerful runners on the track.

However, whether it's a head-on confrontation or a tactical approach, it's a running method that runners are free to choose during the race.

Let's leave these complex thoughts for the competition...

What I should do now is continue to hone my skills!

"Bourbon, let's run again! I'm very interested in your exit technique—could you give it your all when you exit?"

"Understood, Master."

Miura Bourbon nodded and stood on the starting line for the third time:

"Full engine readiness, Miura Bourbon—ready to strike."

boom!

The powerful strides of the two runners completely crushed the grass, and the roar echoed across the track.

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"Whoosh! The tower pump engine is running at full throttle!"

Twin Turbine had just happily gotten out of bed when she saw her roommate in the next bed, the girl with the Kanto accent who called herself the "ultimate weapon," still fast asleep, completely unaffected by her earlier shouting.

Because I had secretly watched the Satsuki Sho match record of Stardust Illusion several times under the covers yesterday, Twin Turbo found that it was almost 9 o'clock when I got up.

Having only slept for 5 or 6 hours, she was still very sleepy. But realizing she was already late, she didn't care about resting for a moment longer. She hurriedly dressed and washed up, and rushed out of the dormitory without even saying goodbye to her roommate.

Once they rushed out of the building, Twin Turbo had forgotten their earlier hurried state of mind. They walked and stopped along the way until they reached the vicinity of the Draco team, where they suddenly heard a commotion.

Following the sound, they stood at the edge of the training field, and the twin turbochargers were already dumbfounded.

Having just won the Satsuki Prize and already being hailed as a rising star and the strongest overlord in the classic world, Master Twin Turbo was hoping to have a good chat with her about the competition today!

However, seeing him panting heavily on the training field, struggling to even maintain his running posture, Twin Turbo felt nothing but admiration.

As expected of the master of tower pumps! So, the engine's running at full throttle too!?

Even Coach Necha said that it is only natural for runners like himself and Poetry Drama, who have not yet made a name for themselves in open races, to train hard.

However, Master Stardust Illusion has already won G1!

As a result, they haven't even had a single day of rest.

And although it's only nine in the morning, judging from the appearance of the Stardust Illusion, she must have arrived here long ago to start training.

This scene should really be shown to Teacher Necha, who always scolds me, hmph!

The Twin Turbo, who was already more than an hour late, seemed to take Stardust Illusion's diligence as his own glory and inexplicably became proud of himself.

Once Stardust Illusion finished its run alongside Bourbon again, it dragged its tired body to the side and slowly sat down, letting Super Stream start massaging its leg muscles.

Seeing Super Stream hugging her leg with such delight, one might think she had a leg fetish—of course, Stardust Illusion also understood that she just liked the feeling of taking care of people.

She beckoned to the twin-turbocharged engine she had already discovered, and made the girl who was staring at her with a silly grin sit down.

"Good morning, Master!!!"

A cheerful greeting came from the mouth of this blue idiot.

Under the probing gaze of Stardust Illusion, Twin Turbo grinned and pulled out two oil-paper packages from his pocket, handing one of them over:

"Master, would you like some meat buns? This is the pump's breakfast!"

"...You should eat it yourself."

"Master, have one too!"

"I've already had breakfast."

Stardust Illusion still refused the request for the meat bun, after all, after such strenuous exercise, suddenly eating oily and starchy food would definitely cause her to vomit violently.

In fact, Toyama Hikari had already planned this out several times.

This guy even once handed a huge pile of fried chicken to Stardust Illusion, who was exhausted from running, and then watched as this gluttonous person vomited into a trash can for almost an hour because of the oil!

However, seeing the blue-haired child in front of him happily eating the meat bun, Stardust Illusion also felt a little fuller.

After finishing the two meat buns, Shuangtuo waved his still slightly oily hands, wanting to find a place to wash them.

Turning around, I saw the scoreboard that Draco's team used to record and run training sessions.

On it, the running results of Stardust Illusion, Bourbon, and Rice Bath today were meticulously recorded in chalk.

"Huh? Master has lost so many times?!"

The twin-turbo setup is quite astonishing.

These past few days, Twin Turbo has watched the recording of that Satsuki Sho match countless times.

After studying for a while, Twin Turbo also learned a lot about running, and thus gained a deeper understanding of Stardust Illusion's extraordinary achievements.

But this kind of understanding feels strange—

"Master is invincible, and he's about to conquer the Neon Derby—so there must be something wrong!"

With an exaggerated expression, she revealed her shark teeth and announced this to everyone around her.

"Alright, alright, sit down and wipe your hands first."

Stardust Illusion rolled its eyes in annoyance and handed over a towel, indicating that Twin Turbo should wipe the oil off its hands first:

"This is just a parallel running training session; the initial goal wasn't to win or lose."

"But shouldn't we run away without a care in the world during a great escape? Tower Pump has always followed your teachings, Master!"

Feeling that his strength had recovered slightly, Stardust Illusion thanked Superstream and then stood up from his seat:

"That's why we need to strengthen ourselves in other ways, twin turbos."

"I'm still struggling to keep up with my own shortcomings, so I'm far from being as invincible as you say."

"There's still more than a month until the derby that the twin-turbo mentioned, right? I did the math, and if I start intensive training and running from today, I estimate I can complete around 1500 matches."

"1, 1, 1500 matches?!"

Upon hearing this number, both turbochargers were stunned.

Although she often does nonsensical or even incomprehensible things, she was speechless when Stardust Illusion uttered numbers of this magnitude.

Looking at Stardust Illusion's serious face, Twin Turbo even felt that these numbers were likely calculated carefully by his master to arrive at the conclusion.

But isn't that a bit too much?!

The memory of Twin Turbo suddenly returned to the scene of running on the track with Stardust Illusion for the first time.

She was so excited at the time, seeing her idol suddenly appear in front of her and lead her out of the encirclement, rushing into the finish line in a perfect escape.

That's an unprecedented situation.

Twin Turbine even felt that the Stardust Illusion at that time was already unimaginably powerful.

"That's what the Great Escape is like, a twin-turbo."

"If you really want to use this running style as your weapon, you must keep honing it forever."

The expression in those eyes told Twin Turbine that the Stardust Illusion was definitely not just a joke like usual.

She was genuinely teaching herself about her experiences with the Great Escape.

"..."

"I never said you should practice like me with twin turbos, so don't make that face."

Stardust Illusion chuckled as it pinched Twin Turbine's right cheek, feeling the girl's smooth skin, and gently tugged at it.

She knew perfectly well why the blue-haired child was looking so miserable.

Even an idiot would know that such a high training volume is impossible to complete, right?

For the two teams, simply completing their daily training routine is already a remarkable achievement.

She often causes trouble by running away from things over trivial matters, which gives trainer Minamisaka a real headache.

Chapter 245 Reaching out to the little star, one grasps a tiny bit of happiness.

"But you need to practice hard."

Stardust Illusion patted the girl on the shoulder, speaking with a hint of earnestness.

Although at first, Twin Turbine simply regarded her as his master.