Uma Musume is not Kamen Rider

"You, the Golden Ship, are not afraid of these things!"

The Golden Ship punched forward.

“What are people who just lost an OP event talking about?”

Chongye ignored the golden ship that was shaking as if it had been struck by lightning and continued talking to himself.

"I don't know which guy was squatting in the horse gate playing with the grass after the game started."

"That, that was an accident! It's normal for the Golden Ship to make small mistakes occasionally, right? And I made up for it later!"

Huang Jinchuan's eyes were wandering, and although her tone was firm, it looked like she didn't quite agree with what she was thinking.

"Second move, second move. If you run seriously, winning the race shouldn't be a problem."

Speaking of this, Okino also felt a bit of a headache.

The character of Golden Ship is both her strength and weakness.

She can always maintain excellent condition before the game, but at the same time, her changeable personality will often cause her to do stupid things on the court.

Abbreviated as convulsion.

If someone told Okino one day that the golden ship was an undercover agent sent by aliens, Okino would believe it without hesitation.

"Humph, that was a mistake. If Mr. Golden Ship really took the competition seriously, it would be easy for him to win the competition~"

"So what do you mean?"

Although Okino does not recommend his horse girls to participate in competitions that seem to have no chance of winning, if his horse girls really want to run away, he will not go against their will.

"Of course I'm going to participate! Running with those guys will show how strong the Golden Ship is, right~"

The Golden Ship patted the two towering spheres on his chest and said so.

"If you lose, don't say I didn't stop you, okay?"

"Don't underestimate me!" He grabbed Chongye's head with a slap, and then ruffled his already messy hair even more.

"Go, go, go back and train. If you don't train, you will lose completely."

"I know, I know, Okino-san~"

Looking at the Golden Ship's playful appearance, Chongye's words were somewhat helpless, but a smile appeared on his face.

Looking at the golden ship running back happily, he shook his head.

"Forget it, that's it."

....................................

The girl stood in the corridor with a bag in her hand.

In the corridor, nurses and doctors came and went, and the sounds of patients' families chatting with each other added a touch of noise to the environment.

A little bit in front of where the girl was standing was the door to a ward.

That’s right, the copy mirror is now located in a famous hospital in Tokyo.

This hospital specializes in accommodating and treating horse girls who were injured in competitions.

The person the girl is looking for is behind this door.

Looking at the silver door handle, the girl rubbed her hands holding the bag gently at the door, put them to her mouth and blew on them, then knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

A crisp sound came from the door and the girl opened it.

The window of the room was not open wide, and the cold winter wind poured into the room through the gaps.

The cold wind blew the gauze white curtains and brushed the chestnut ponytail.

The sunlight streamed into the room, and the gorgeous eyes like cherry blossoms seemed to be sparkling.

Horse girls are all elves.

There is such a saying.

Many times this sentence is used to describe their appearance, because they really are as pure and beautiful as elves walking out of a painting.

At this moment, the girl also understood a little bit the thoughts of those who commented on Ma Musume's appearance.

It’s really beautiful.

Tilting her head slightly to cover her slightly red cheeks, the girl handed over the bag.

“…Comfort gifts.”

"Oh oh oh..."

Ma Niang, who was sitting on the hospital bed, reached out and took the bag.

Following the mirror light, my eyes slid down, passing over the delicate collarbone, to the leg wrapped in plaster and hanging on the bed.

His silvery-white eyes sank slightly, and his heart seemed to be tied in a knot, feeling dull and suffocating.

"Sorry." x2

After a short silence, they both said this sentence at the same time.

They looked up into each other's eyes and noticed the surprise in both of them.

"I'm the one who should apologize," Sakura Shin-oh said first, "We agreed to play a good game, but something went wrong at the last minute..."

"No, no, no, I have a problem too..."

If I had acted more decisively at that time, you wouldn't have...

"Don't blame yourself. My injury is my own fault. It's my fault that I didn't take good care of myself before the game. It's the right thing for you to do as you normally do."

"It's okay~ The injury this time is not serious. As long as you rest well for a month, you can return to the court~ It's only a month of rest. It's a miracle that you can recover~"

"..."

Looking at the bright smile on Sakura Shinou's face, Lin Mo Jingguang fell into silence.

It was obvious that Prince Sakurajin had no idea what was happening to him.

Her words blocked the girl's throat and she couldn't even say an apology.

Or was it because I was too weak and failed to save her in time...

If the president were here, he might be able to do a better job with a belt...

"You're making that face again? I'm the one who's hurt, so I should be the one making a bitter face, haha~"

Reaching out to touch the face of Lin Mo Jingguang, Sakura Jinwang leaned forward without knowing when, almost leaning into the girl's arms, the distance between them was only a fist.

So, so close...

"Don't make such an ugly expression! You're so cute!"

Pinching the girl's cheeks with his hands, Sakura Shinou didn't realize that the current distance was already very bad.

This person is really thick-skinned...

Lin Mojingguang couldn't help but think so.

"Why did you suddenly think of coming to visit me today?"

"…I have some questions for you, Prince Jin."

"question?"

Sakura Shinou was a little confused and tilted his head.

“Is it really worth running like that?”

Just like that, the girl raised the question that had been in her heart for a long time.

30. Choice

“Is it really worth running like that?”

This question had arisen since she saw Sakura Shinou's final sprint that day.

Why do you keep running even though your body has become like that?

I cut off the black shadow's control over Sakura Shinou. Logically, she should have followed her instinct and stopped the moment she regained consciousness, right?

Why do you keep running with such a painful expression?

I don’t understand...I really don’t understand...

It's just a game...do we really have to fight to that extent?

“Is the competition so important?”

The voice seemed to be squeezed out from between teeth, hoarse and rough like sun-exposed tree bark.

The vicious aura hidden deep within her body also leaked out slightly as the girl's emotions fluctuated.

The invisible aura slowly enveloped the girl's body, as if putting a heavy mask on her.

As if by accident, Sakura Shin**'s body, which had just been very close to him, suddenly jumped back.

Did I scare her?

Realizing his own gaffe, Linmi Jingguang immediately tried hard to suppress the momentum that had just leaked out.

But the next moment, a cool touch came from above, interrupting the action of copying the mirror light.

Eh?

Sakura Jinwang stretched out his hand and gently touched the polished end of the copying mirror.

she says,

"A competition. I don't know what it means to other horse girls, but it's a very important thing to me."

“I’ll be happy if I win.”

“I’d be sad if I lost.”

"Winning or losing is really important to me, because winning is a very happy thing."

“Why be sad if you can make yourself happy?”

“I hate feeling regretful.”

"So I will try my best to run. I don't want to regret why I failed without trying hard."

"I don't like to think about complicated things. Thinking too much will give me a headache. I don't like that."

"Perhaps not thinking about those complicated things and running without worries is the most suitable way for Jingguang to run~"

"The running style that is most...suitable for me?"

Sakura Shinou's voice was like warm water, flowing slowly and melting the hard shell that the girl had put up.

Should we just ignore those shadows and run away pretending we know nothing?

"Ah... I've been thinking too much. My head is starting to hurt..." Sakura Jinwang wailed and fell on the bed like a wilted vegetable.

"Eh? Did I disturb your rest? I'm so sorry..."

"That's not true. Jingguang, you're really so polite. You keep apologizing for every little thing."

"But……"

"By the way, from now on you can just call me Shin-oh. It's a bit troublesome to say Sakura Shin-oh-senpai like before. I feel like my brain is going to explode after hearing it too much."

"Yes……"

"It's getting late, you have to go to training too, right? Don't stay here with me, it will delay your training~"

Sakura Jinwang glanced at the clock hanging on the wall in the room. It was almost noon, and it was time for his friend to go back.

"Okay... I'll go back first..."

Standing up, the girl said hello, opened the door of the ward and prepared to leave.

"correct--"