Why was I assigned to be a horse girl?

"That's because you've been running at high speeds too much, so other racehorses look slow to you."

Kotobuki Toru's tone was full of certainty, "This racehorse girl should have just enrolled not long ago and is currently undergoing acclimatization testing. She will then train for a month before participating in her debut race... As for you, Kohaku, although you haven't undergone acclimatization testing yet, you are already a racehorse girl who has won your debut race. Your levels are not on the same level."

The lady added, "Besides, you're practically a racehorse girl recognized by Central Treisen now. If you were like the racehorse girls from the regions, then Central Treisen's prestige would be gone."

"Wow, I'm pretty good then."

At this moment, the female horse, who had just finished running on the grass track, wiped her sweat slightly, chatted with the man dressed as a trainer for a few words, and then walked straight across the grass track, taking hesitant steps, and entered the iron house placed on the dirt track.

"This is the starting gate? The starting equipment used by racehorses to get them going?"

The starting device for draft horse races is a locking mechanism that clamps the bottom of the shovel cart. Before the start, the mechanism is firmly locked to prevent any movement of the shovel cart. It is released at the start of the race, and the horses start running simultaneously.

The gates serve a similar purpose. Before the race, the racehorses stand inside, and all the metal gates are closed. When the race begins, the front gates open at the same time, and all the racehorses file out from them. This is where the racehorses start their race.

"That's right, that's the gate. Because the environment inside is cramped and dark, sometimes some female racehorses are unwilling to go into the gate, just like this one."

The lady suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Fei Tu Hu Po: "You haven't done the gate test yet, have you? It's about standing inside the gate for a while to see if you show any signs of unease or agitation?"

Fei Tu Hu Po shook her head, "No."

The noblewoman was about to speak and play a few lines on Qin Chuitou when she looked up and saw the smile on Qin Chuitou's face: "Amber doesn't need to be tested. I believe she'll be fine."

"what?"

“You didn’t go to Hitoko’s house yesterday. Her house is small enough. Most people would feel cramped or suffocated living there. Hitoko lives quite well there, so a mere horse gate is nothing to her.”

Judging from how insecure Hibiki Amber looked yesterday, curling up in a ball and clutching something while sleeping...

Once inside the gate, you might feel more comfortable; it should feel like coming home.

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Chapter Sixty-Two: Track Adaptability (4000 words, two chapters combined)

"Hehehe, I didn't expect you to trust me so much, TouTou? I will certainly not fail you!"

Upon hearing Kotobuki Toru's affirmation, Hitobuki Amber immediately raised her little fist and bumped it against Kotobuki Toru's.

At this moment, the person who had been reluctant to enter the gate on the track slowly walked into the gate under the trainer's reassurance. Just before entering, he kicked the alloy gate loudly, showing that he really didn't like the atmosphere inside the gate.

Her trainer didn't let her stay in the gate for long. Not long after she returned to the sidelines, the metal gate started beeping to indicate the countdown. After three beeps, the gate suddenly opened, and the racehorse shot off like an arrow.

Hitotsu Amber clenched her small fists tightly, her heart filled with a mixture of excitement and nervousness, silently cheering for the racehorse girl from the depths of her heart.

Unfortunately, whether you cheer loudly or offer silent blessings, you can only boost morale at best; you can't change reality.

Having barely stepped out of the gate and run a few steps, Kotobuki Toru shook his head slightly, "I can't do it anymore."

Subsequently, as Kotobuki Tsuyoshi's words proved true, the racehorse on the dirt track gradually slowed down, and its running felt constrained. It no longer had the carefree feeling it had when running on the grass track. Instead, it was like trying to move against the wind with an umbrella in typhoon weather, with each step facing tremendous resistance.

"That's a sign of not being adapted to the mud track," Fei Tu Hu Po muttered. "But she didn't seem that sad."

After running for several hundred meters, the racehorse stopped, turned around, crossed her arms, and made a "no" gesture to her trainer standing by the track. After her trainer nodded in approval, indicating that he agreed to let the racehorse stop running and leave the track, the racehorse seemed unwilling to linger on the dirt track for even a moment longer. She crossed the track, stepped over the barriers, and entered the grass track before turning back.

"For racehorse girls, specialization is the norm. Besides, she has already proven her adaptability and potential on the grass track just now. She can be said to have returned with a full load, which is more than enough for Japan."

The lady reached out and patted the Scarlet Amber, who was hanging on the railing, and reminded her, "According to the reservation plan, we're next. Hurry up and change into your sportswear and shoes... Stop sticking your tail up here, and your skirt is already ten centimeters above your knee. Are you waiting for someone to spank you?"

"How can there be..."

Next to the track is a dressing room specially prepared for the racehorse girls, with rows of vertical metal lockers standing side by side, just one "fa♂k you" away from starting an epic battle.

Today, wearing this JK uniform skirt for the first time, Hito Amber already felt that the power of men's clothing was limited... Apart from feeling insecure, this skirt was incredibly convenient, easy to put on and take off, and could be pulled off with a slight tug... It was also very simple to put on, just put it on slightly and make a few adjustments.

In no time, Fei Tu Hu Po changed into a red tracksuit from Treson. It was all red with a large blank space in the front, and it looked terribly ugly... But when she thought that school uniforms in China looked like that, Fei Tu Hu Po felt relieved.

Stepping out of the dedicated entrance passage connecting the locker room and the track, Fei Tu Hu Po felt her vision suddenly open up. The wide and complex track instantly came into view, the rustic scent of the soil mixed with the unique spicy aroma of the mowed lawn, each wisp of fragrance instantly invigorating her.

On the sidelines, Kotobuki Toru had already set up his phone camera stand and opened his laptop, his expression serious: "Warm up, and then we'll get ready to begin... Kohaku, do you want to test the grass track first or the dirt track first?"

"Of course, it's a dirt track."

As Hitotsu Kohaku earnestly began doing her warm-up exercises, she answered Kotobuki Toru's question, "I'm from the countryside, so I feel more at home on the dirt track... By the way, I was thinking when I was changing clothes earlier, that racehorse girl didn't show any adaptability to the dirt track. If she had, shouldn't she have chosen grass first? After all, grass races are more popular."

"To worry about something that doesn't concern you..."

For some reason, the lady also started moving her wrists and ankles, as if she were warming up. At the same time, she stood on the sidelines and said, "In Japan, if a horse can adapt to both grass and dirt tracks, it means that this racehorse girl can adapt to all tracks... anywhere in the world she wants to go."

Is there any connection between these two things?

"Let's talk about it when you're a racehorse girl. Now, get in the starting gate."

Hitoko Amber nodded and stepped onto the slightly soft mud track. Following the example of the racehorse girl from before, she walked straight into the starting gate.

"Wow, it's so narrow."

The starting gates of the racetrack were much smaller than they appeared from the outside; it was even difficult to turn around. At the same time, the temperature inside the gates was slightly lower than that of the track outside, which was exposed to the sun.

It really does look a lot like my small apartment that doesn't get much natural light!

But Fei Tu Hu Po felt that the gate most resembled her own workstation when she was working! The air conditioning was set low, and it was so cramped that it was difficult to even stretch out her arms to type...

In short, whether it's an apartment or a workstation, I am indeed very adaptable to such a small and quiet environment, just as Kotobuki Toru said earlier.

Let's call this kind of private horse racing "private horse racing".

"Dong dong dong."

"How does it feel?" Just as Fei Tu Hu Po was waiting for the brake to beep and then start running, the side steel plate of the brake gate was knocked loudly.

After a series of footsteps, Kotobuki Toru's figure appeared in front of the gate.

Fei Tu Hu Po was a little surprised, but still leaned against the gate of the horse saddle and greeted them: "Hey, what brings you here again?"

Kotobuki Toru smiled and said, "Although I have complete confidence in you, this is, after all, your first time standing in the gate. As your trainer, it is necessary for me to be by your side. Besides, this is also my first time as a trainer. If I don't experience everything I need to experience now, I don't know if I will have the opportunity to do so again."

"What will you eat if you stop being a trainer? You can't eat mine, can you? It's not that it's impossible... but if you have to feed me, I can't guarantee you'll enjoy your meals."

Hitoko Amber hung her body on the gate of the horse stall, her whole body suspended in the air. She wore runway sneakers, her feet playfully raised and gently swaying back and forth. She looked extremely relaxed and at ease. As a racehorse girl, she was also very flexible, easily touching her buttocks with her heels.

"I'm sure I won't starve to death."

Kotobuki Toru looked at Hisako with gratitude, then continued to ask, "How are you feeling?"

"It's pretty good, pretty comfortable." Fei Tu Hu Po tilted her head and thought for a moment. "Maybe I'm just the kind of person who's easy to take care of? Poor people never complain about their circumstances!"

Then, Fei Tu Hu Po took another deep breath before adding, "The only problem is that the space inside the gate is too small, and the air circulation is not smooth... It feels suffocating."

"Is there a possibility..."

Kotobuki stared at the elastic front cushioning pad on Hitoko Amber's chest. The number 90 might not have caused much shock or impact to those who were not good at numerical perception.

But to describe it another way... the horizontal bars of the sluice gate can squeeze out fat and collagen, and then that wonderful fat can in turn perfectly wrap around the steel pipe of the sluice gate.

What Kotobuki is seeing now is such a visually striking scene.

Is it possible that your chest is being compressed too much?

"Hey, it seems so... no wonder my chest still hurts."

Fei Tu Hu Po quickly jumped off the gate, her chest fat jiggling violently. "It's much better now! What do we do next? Shall we begin?"

Kotobuki Toru nodded: "Then let's get started. By the way, that group of horse girls from earlier is still here. They're sitting on the sidelines, probably checking on your test results. Be alert, don't lose points."

"it is good!"

……

Once Qin had finished playing and returned to the sidelines, the gates surrounding Fei Tu Hu Po also emitted a beeping notification sound.

Fei Tu Hu Po took a deep breath, stared straight ahead, curled up, and tensed all her muscles instantly.

"Bang."

As the gate opened, Hitotsu Amber stomped her left foot on the ground and pushed off forcefully. As the muscles in her calf trembled slightly, the mud inside the gate sank a bit.

Even the noblewoman and Kotobuki Toru, who were standing at the edge of the track, felt a slight tremor, and the local racehorse trainer sitting on the sidelines was visibly shocked...

A female racehorse undergoing track acclimatization testing unleashed such tremendous power at the start—is this still the Sapporo Treson?

The lady looked approving: "It's good to be strong! Your starting force is about the same as mine! Only with great strength can miracles happen!"

Although the noblewoman was from an old aristocratic family, she fundamentally admired strength and the violent aesthetics of the victor, especially strength... At the age of twelve, she had already put forward the saying, "Only with strength can one have the power to overturn the table." It is said that if her family still forced her to marry, she would take a cucumber or eggplant and, relying on her own strength, smash all her elders...

In the blink of an eye, Hitotsu Amber had already started her race and sprinted in front of the noblewoman and Kotobuki Toru. Her long crimson hair swayed like a torch being waved at high speed, leaving behind a beautiful trail of light and shadow in the air.

"It's alright, but I still need to work harder."

“Pretentious…” The noblewoman rolled her eyes. “Laugh if you want. Such a racehorse with such good stamina, and it can run on mud without any problem. It’s so easy to coax and fool… You’ve really struck gold.”

An expert's skill is immediately apparent, especially since everyone had just witnessed what a racehorse without mud acclimatization looks like—weak left leg, clumsy right leg, moving so slowly it's like it's crawling on the ground… But Hito Amber showed absolutely no such signs, displaying no fear or timidity whatsoever, running on the mud with the ease of a fish in water.

"I was going to call her Mud Rabbit, but unfortunately that title already belongs to another racehorse girl." The lady watched excitedly: "If she adapts well to the grass later... no, judging from the way Hibiki Amber delivers takeout, hard surfaces definitely won't have much of an impact on her, and she'll definitely be fine on the grass track."

Being able to run on both types of tracks means that Hibiki Amber's track adaptability will be unparalleled. Regardless of the track distance, she can participate in any race and go anywhere. Compared to those racehorses that can only run on dirt or grass, she can be said to have the potential to create achievements that are unprecedented and unparalleled.

The three laps of the counter-clockwise track quickly came to an end, and Fei Tu Hu Po gradually slowed down and stopped in front of the two of them, her little face filled with excitement: "How was it? How was it? I think I ran very fast."

When faced with the true potential of Scarlet Amber, the noblewoman was full of praise: "Pretty good. Judging from your expression while running, you seem to have adapted to the mud track. Moreover, you even know the key points and techniques for running. You don't look like it's your first time running on a track... However, your running posture is really ugly. Not only is it ugly, but it will also affect wind resistance in the future."

Hitotsu Amber, who was all smiles and ready to receive compliments, was immediately doused with cold water: "Eh? Is my running form... that ugly?"

"ugly."

The lady nodded without hesitation: "Why are you standing so straight up like that? You're like a windshield... Are you trying to show off your jiggling fat to seduce the audience? Let me tell you, there's no need for that... The vast majority of Uma Musume viewers are bloodthirsty power-hungry fans who usually like to compare and contrast each other to start fights. For them, power is the best attraction..."

Fei Tu Hu Po blinked. "I'll put the rest aside for now. Donna, you just said... I was sitting too straight? But is that wrong?"

"Of course that's wrong. You're standing so upright like a weathervane, maximizing wind resistance. You're not even using the tail's counterweight function. A long tail isn't for swatting mosquitoes... If you don't want it, just chop it off. It'll lighten the overall weight..."

After a few words, the lady got tired of talking and turned to Kotobuki Toru: "Team leader, the next track should be the grass track, right? It'll be so boring for Fat Rabbit to run alone... I'll volunteer! I can show her what it's like to do something..."

"Hey? Donna, you're coming too? Didn't you already have your test done?"

"I'm not here to measure anything; I'm here to have a friendly exchange with you."

The noblewoman revealed a battle-ready smile. "I've been warming up for ages."

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Chapter Sixty-Three: Jealousy as a Motivation

For Hitoko Amber, running alongside a real racehorse girl was a first in her life.

Seeing the noblewoman beside her already standing in the gate, Fei Tu Hu Po originally wanted to add a comment like, "Friendship first, competition second, don't ruin team unity."

But when they thought about the complicated relationship between the three of them, and the occasional threats and backstabbing between them, it seemed that the team had never been united at all.

Moreover, judging from the lady's overjoyed tone and excited actions, it was obvious that this woman had come specifically for him... At this point, saying anything would be useless.

However, according to Kotobuki Toru, there is a complete difference between a talented racehorse girl and a strong racehorse girl. Any racehorse girl who wants to turn her talent into strength must compete with other excellent and talented racehorse girls. So, it is not a bad thing to run with noble ladies more often.

Fei Tu Hu Po did indeed take these words to heart, and found them quite agreeable.

However, Hitotsu Kohaku was not so willing to hear Kototsu's additional comment: "Just focus on running and observe Donna's running style. Your running style is indeed not very elegant... If you run like that in public, you'll easily lose fans."

"Huh? You think so too?"

After hearing Kotobuki's advice, Hito Kohaku was quite unhappy. She could tolerate being told by a noblewoman that her running was ugly, and she could correct it if she was right and strive to do better if she wasn't. But when her good brother nodded and said, "I also think you run pretty badly," it was like a bolt from the blue...

its not right!

Fei Tu Hu Po quickly shook her head, using physical means to clear her mind of the chaotic thoughts.

Between brothers and best friends, the thing they can't admit is whether the other person is handsome or good-looking... Even if you were a Uma Musume (a popular Japanese horse racing show), it would probably mean the same thing, so it's not unacceptable for Kotobuki Toru to say that she doesn't run very gracefully...

Besides, even if he was serious, there was absolutely no need for me to take it so seriously!

It's just a matter of playing the zither until it's clear...

Using the metal fencing of the gate as cover, Fei Tu Hu Po bared her teeth in the direction of Qin Chui Tou.

"Fat rabbit, are you ready?" the lady from the neighboring gate suddenly asked.

"Oh, okay."

Fei Tu Hu Po then turned to look in the direction of the noblewoman.

While it's wrong to vent your unhappiness on others, I need an outlet for this pent-up frustration...

Forget everything by running!

After encountering other racehorse girls as rivals, those racehorse girls who are eager to fight will unconsciously reveal their fighting spirit and momentum.