Tianma? Actually, I'm a doctor!

But now, it will be an extreme melee, which makes Megumi McQueen feel a little relieved.

(I wouldn’t say I have the advantage, but at least this is good news, right?!)

While she waits...

Not long after, the door was finally opened again.

This time, a girl in silver-white stepped into the backstage.

As soon as Bai Jin walked in, he skillfully took off the bow box on his back and took out his bow and arrow from it.

When she took out the bow and arrow to carry it on her back, her eyes were slightly on another petite black-haired girl beside Mejiro McQueen.

That's... a rice bath?!

The silver-white girl took another look with interest.

Then, she looked at Mubai McQueen with a hint of...sympathy.

Shirogane suddenly wondered what the Mejiro daughter, whose end was imminent and whose three-peat was impossible, would achieve.

(In the anime, he was successfully surpassed by Mi Yu.)

(Now, where would McQueen rank?)

The silver-white girl, whose interest was aroused, stared straight at Mubai McQueen with a slight smile on her face.

From Mejiro McQueen's perspective, he noticed that Platinum's gaze mostly stayed on him.

Platinum, this is...

The one who values ​​and is most wary of her?

Although it was incomprehensible, there was not much fighting spirit in Platinum's eyes, but a different kind of emotion that made Mebai McQueen unable to understand for a moment.

But since you pay more attention to her, she must be the one you care about the most and recognize the most, right?

The feeling of being recognized by a powerful opponent arose spontaneously in Mejiro McQueen's heart.

After all, she is the second most popular and, in the eyes of the outside world, the most capable horse girl besides Tenma!

"Platinum, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Even after the Japan Derby ended, I knew that the last strong opponent that would stop me from winning three consecutive championships would definitely be you."

"Give it your all. I won't lose."

Mejiro McQueen raised his head, showing an attitude of absolute confidence.

Although Tianma's endurance is not inferior to hers, and his strength and explosive power are even more terrifying, this is not a one-on-one duel, and there is no absolute in the arena!

Maintain second place and strive for first place! Even if I can only be second, I must not be worse than Yamato Akagi. I can't let Tianma dance alone on the winner's stage!

This is exactly what Mejiro McQueen is aiming for.

The pre-race declaration from Mejiro McQueen, Japan's most outstanding contemporary long-distance champion, prompted Platinum to ask a question in an extremely calm tone.

"If I lose..."

"Can you promise not to cry?"

This is exactly... the sentence that Mebiro McQueen asked before he defeated the Emperor of the East China Sea with his own hands.

Platinum said this once before the Japan Cup match against the East China Sea Emperor, which made the East China Sea Emperor stiffen and think of his previous defeat.

Now, Bai Jin said this sentence for the second time!

But this time, it is for the proud and noble lady Mebai McQueen, who is the winner of Guo Tianchun!

Mejiro McQueen, dressed in a gorgeous victory suit, was stunned.

The next second, she showed her elegant yet confident smile again and slightly lifted her long hair.

"Huh, who do you think I am?"

"Don't underestimate me! I'm totally different from any runner-up you've defeated in the past!"

After all, this masterpiece of the Mejiro family was once considered the GOAT of long-distance running in Japan!

And Mubai McQueen's confident words and reactions were completely heard by Manchester City Tea House and Mi Yu on both sides of her.

Before the conversation continued...

The door was knocked again from outside.

The person who came in was a URA event staff member and started giving reminders.

"Please get ready, it's almost time to enter."

"Ms. Platinum, the most popular guest, please get ready. She's about to enter."

Immediately, the silver-white girl calmly walked towards the passage.

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[Next up... Pegasus Platinum, who has the highest voting popularity in Japanese history and is almost universally favored in the Spring Emperor's Award debut!]

Since the 3000m Chrysanthemum Festival, this was the first time the platinum runner had competed in such a long race, the 3200m. However, her overwhelming victory at the Dubai World Cup made it impossible for anyone to question her endurance.

Let's wait and see what kind of shocking power Pegasus will unleash over long distances!

The lazy silver-white girl walked towards her nice Gate No. 8.

Compared with the continuous large outer roads in the previous period, this gate position is much better.

Bai Jin immediately became distressed.

This time...what kind of running method should I use?

What worries you in a competition is not the strength of your opponent, but what running style to use.

When Bai Jin stepped onto the grass, the audience of no less than 100,000 people suddenly burst into extremely warm cheers.

"Platinum!! Platinum!! Platinum!!"

"Wuwu Laobai, stop elbowing me and stay in Japan, okay? I'm still in school and can't go abroad to watch your game!"

"Come on, Tenma! Prove that you are the GOAT of long-distance running in Japan!"

"Miss Platinum is the best in the world!"

Amidst the cheers, a silver-white figure arrived at the gate.

[Next up is Mejiro McQueen, the first person in history to win the Spring Emperor's Award twice in a row!]

Before the competition, she was asked by fans online if she felt regretful for only ranking second in popularity.

Mejiro McQueen's response: "I don't need the most popularity, I just want to be number one!"

[She, with her Mejiro blood flowing through her veins, is considered the best in her family's history among those renowned for their exceptional long-distance running skills. Can she defeat Tianma and achieve an unprecedented three consecutive championships?]

[Let's... look forward to this unique battle for the long-distance king! ]

……

After a while.

【3! 】

All the horse girls have entered the gate, and the quiver behind Platinum has automatically loaded more than a dozen arrows.

【2! 】

【1! 】

The gate opens immediately.

The dozen or so horse racing girls rushed forward together!

In this race that tests endurance to the extreme and where it is difficult to retain energy for a powerful last-minute burst, the best way to run is to grab a front position.

And the silver-white girl Bai Jin...

She immediately noticed with a little surprise that Mebai McQueen, who was at the gate beside her, burst into acceleration as soon as he came out of the gate and fled to the front in one go.

Mejiro McQueen, who is famous for his ability to take the initiative, is he going to... [escape]?

"interesting!"

The silver-white girl, whose interest was aroused, suddenly followed Mejiro McQueen.

——Shirogane wants to see how far Mejiro McQueen can escape!

……

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[PS: Black Monkey is indeed a good opponent, but the author has played this map less often and has no guides. I would run around the map while playing, and I would run around until I lost my mind.]

[I feel dizzy, so I've decided to put this aside for now and give you an update.]

[I can't become a Great Sage for now, so I can only come to Tresen Academy to write a story about the protagonist Bi Ma Wen ().]

[PS2: I was hesitant to include the rice bath, as the first two generations of races I'd planned didn't appear. But then I thought, McQueen's Tianchun wouldn't have the same flavor without the rice bath.]

[Anyway, those who understand the Ma Musume timeline will understand, so let's make it happen. Reward McQueen with a Mi Yu! (In real life, McQueen was defeated head-on by Mi Yu when Tianchun was trying to win the title three times in a row.)]

[There will be another update tonight.]

108. The Platinum Throne of the Wuzhou Alliance has arrived, and Mi Yu will be taught what an assassin is!

Mejiro McQueen?

escape?

Instead of... not Pegasus Platinum?

When Mejiro McQueen sped up right after leaving the gate, rushing to the front first, his figure appeared in front of almost all the horse racing girls in the field!

An expression of surprise and bewilderment appeared on the faces of most of the horse girls almost simultaneously.

This is also true for excellent horse racing girls like Manchester City Tea House and Rice Bath.

"Huh? McQueen...actually changed her running style?"

"She's the horse girl who's been using the forward running method for the longest time in the world. Even in the whole world, there aren't many horse girls who've been using it longer than her."

"She actually took the risk of changing her running style? Was this influenced by Pegasus?"

"It's troublesome. I've trained specifically to deal with powerful pioneers, but I can't deal with a runaway horse at all."

Some horse girls even felt that their efforts were in vain, and that they had wasted time preparing to deal with Mejiro McQueen who had gone ahead.

After all, Platinum hadn't signed up for the race all along. And any other horsegirl, before aiming for a long-distance race, knew they'd have to face at least a formidable opponent like Mejiro McQueen.

Mejiro McQueen, who has already entered the Year of the Horse and has won the Spring Emperor's Award for two consecutive years, is well-known for her running skills.

Go ahead! That's the most powerful and reliable way to run!

But the current Mejiro McQueen's extraordinary acceleration after leaving the gate is demonstrating his bold running style that has changed to a "escape horse".

For an elite racehorse who has been accustomed to maintaining a running method for several years, switching to another uncommon running method is an extremely bold and risky choice.

If a lack of experience leads to any flaws, it will be fatal! Therefore, changing the running method at the last minute is extremely fatal.

But…the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish.

Correspondingly, this will put pressure on other horse girls who are following Mejiro McQueen! Their research materials and preparations will also be scrapped.

Such a high-risk, high-return option should usually appear on dark horse Uma Musume with lower popularity rankings, and rarely appears on the top two favorites to win.

As a result, Mejiro McQueen caught many of the other horse girls off guard. She was surprisingly tied for first place with another horse girl who had escaped from the field.

This young lady, who was dressed in a gorgeous victory suit, raised the corners of her mouth slightly and looked ahead.

(Platinum, however, is known for his bipolar running style.)

(She is either late and at the very back of the chase, or at the very front of the chase.)

(I originally planned to observe the speed of the Pegasus next to me after exiting the gate. If she ran away, I would not choose to accelerate after exiting the gate and would just run ahead as usual.)