Why was I assigned to be a horse girl?

Kotobuki Toru once said that everything has two sides. Since Uma Musume has good skills, it will naturally also have bad skills.

So I feel like I'm being held back right now... I guess it's a negative skill.

Fei Tu Hu Po lowered her head, as if she could vaguely see a purple halo surrounding her feet like shackles.

Really!

My God, what happened to the top-of-the-line factory configuration?

The short, quick bend passed quickly, and Hitotsu Amber saw the halo hanging on her right foot disappear, realizing that she really wasn't good at right turns.

Gao Shangjunyi also upholds martial ethics, and during his friendly training with Fei Tu Hu Po, he did not use any skills other than concentration, resulting in a fair competition.

Unsurprisingly, the winner of this match was Hitotsu Kohaku, who had greater strength and speed.

However, after the competition ended, Gao Shangjunyi, who lost, was all smiles and joy, while Fei Tu Hu Po, who won, looked conflicted.

The negative skills of Uma Musume will not be seen by others...

Therefore, Gao Shangjunyi only felt that Fei Tu Hu Po was a little slow when cornering, but this made her regain some confidence. After all, even a horse girl like Hu Po has flaws, so she wasn't particularly bad.

Amber is such a kind person!

"Amber... shall we train together more often from now on?"

"Tch, move back a bit." The noblewoman abruptly stepped between Fei Tu Hu Po and Gao Shang Jun Yi. "Fei Tu Hu Po and I are teammates, what are you, an outsider, doing here?"

"Uh..." Gao Shangjunyi was instantly intimidated by the noblewoman's aura and dared not speak again.

The noblewoman, having had her fun bullying him, turned to look at Fei Tu Hu Po: "You really are bad at right turns... Let me tell you, whether it's a triple crown or a triple crown, it's all made up of two right-turn tracks. If you don't practice your right turns, you won't have a chance."

Kotobuki Toru also walked over with his notebook, winking at Hitoko Amber: "I told you, your right leg is very loose."

Hitoko Amber could tolerate being criticized by a noblewoman, but when Kotobuki Toru said it to her, she immediately became unhappy: "Hey, why do you look so gloating? Am I your racehorse girl?"

Kotobuki Toru remained calm: "It's no big deal. You're not the first racehorse with a right turn obstacle and uneven strides, and you're definitely not the last... These days, you can't even write papers on turning obstacles anymore because there are just too many cases and events, and they've all been written to death."

"Eh? Is that so?"

“Of course.” Kotobuki Toru shrugged. “So there are many solutions. Let’s start by investigating the easiest causes to identify.”

"For example?"

"I'll go to the hospital tomorrow... to get my brain checked, and maybe my feet checked too."

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Chapter Ninety-Four: Scarlet Amber - Brand New

"Yada, I don't want to go to the hospital!"

Fei Tu Hu Po immediately struggled, her little face full of resistance: "I'm perfectly normal! Who would go to the hospital for no reason?"

Kotobuki Toru helplessly spread his hands: "But your current situation can hardly be considered normal, right? It's just a small check-up at the hospital, which is commonplace for racehorse girls."

"Is that so?"

The lady nodded and replied, "Treson Academy has a requirement that racehorse girls have a physical examination at least once a month. After all, everyone is an athlete, and it's normal for accidents to happen at any time. As for me, I also have a private doctor come to my home for a physical examination every week, so Kotobuki Toru's statement is quite correct."

"OK then."

Fei Tu Hu Po wagged its tail in a conflicted manner, then turned to look at the noblewoman and Gao Shang Jun Yi, its tone pleading: "Tomorrow is Saturday, so you don't have to go to class, right? Why don't you two come along?"

The lady took out her phone, glanced at her schedule, and smiled, "Beg me, and I'll come."

Fei Tu Hu Po had no emotional burden and spoke directly: "Eunice, without Donna and Gao Shang Junyi here!"

"Okay, okay, stop shouting so loudly, it's embarrassing."

"Look, you're not happy about it."

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The four of them met in front of Sapporo Central Hospital at around 10 a.m. the next morning.

Both Hitotsu Kohaku and Kotobuki Toru had thick dark circles under their eyes, probably because they didn't sleep much yesterday. If everyone wasn't quite familiar with each other and knew that Kotobuki Toru was probably studying hard last night, and that Hitotsu Kohaku was probably too scared to sleep well all night, everyone would probably assume that the two of them did something indescribable yesterday.

The cold wind outside made everyone's necks stiff. Qin Chuitou quickly led everyone into the hospital, saying as they walked, "It just so happens that we are in Hokkaido. The orthopedics and CT technology here are among the best in Japan."

Regarding this, Hitoko Amber was quite qualified to speak: "I know this because there have been many slips and falls in Hokkaido over the past century. On snowy days, people are breaking bones everywhere. A few days ago, during a blizzard, if you stare at passersby for a few minutes, you don't have to wait long before they fall to the ground, and they fall without making a sound."

"That's how it is. Many female racehorses from the central government have bone problems and come back to Hokkaido to see a doctor."

Fei Tu Hu Po, drawing inferences from one instance to another, said, "Then by the same logic, the gunshot wound wards in the United States, and the burn wards in Hiroshima and Nagasaki..."

Kotobuki Toru quickly reached out and covered Hitoko Amber's soft mouth, reminding her, "Sometimes the logic is sound, but you can't just say things like that. You're going to be a public figure, after all, and you can't leave any dark history behind."

Fei Tu Hu Po nodded slightly as if she understood. After Qin Chui Tou released her mouth, she continued to ask, "So, there might be something wrong with my bones?"

“You’ll know after you see it.”

Kotobuki Toru didn't directly answer Hitokohaku, but based on his observations, it was highly unlikely to be a bone issue...

The subsequent physical examination process was nothing special: registering, queuing, and getting a CT scan. It was tedious and made people feel extremely anxious.

The wealthy woman, still gloating, pointed at the exhibits in the display area and said, "If it doesn't work out, how about a carbon fiber leg bone? It's light and fast..."

Gao Shangjunyi is also researching it, saying, "I think this titanium alloy pelvis is pretty good."

Fei Tu Hu Po wished she could tear this woman's mouth off right now, but just as she was about to make her move, the doctor in charge of looking at the CT scans came out.

"Which one of you is Miss Scarlet Amber?"

With a thud, Fei Tu Hu Po stood up on the spot, so forcefully that she even pushed the long metal bench under her bottom out of place.

"I am who I am."

"Please come in for a moment, I have some things I'd like to discuss with you."

The tail of the Hitotsu Amber froze instantly... The doctor was going to discuss something with her. It's said that you're not afraid of a doctor's smile, but you're afraid of a doctor wanting to talk. Could it be that there's something very serious wrong with her body?

"Um, can I bring my other friends along?"

"no problem."

Fei Tu Hu Po quickly gave everyone a wink, and then the group squeezed into the doctor's narrow office.

To be honest, despite all the joking and teasing, everyone was genuinely worried about Hitsu Amber...

Fei Tu Hu Po sat down in the chair, her legs pressed tightly together, her hands clenched into fists and resting on her knees, looking very nervous: "Doctor... what do you want to say? Do you want to cut open and scrape the bone to treat the injury without anesthesia?"

"Hey? Why are you suddenly saying such scary things, kid?"

The doctor looked horrified and handed the CT scan to Fei Tu Hu Po, saying, "It's about this CT scan."

Fei Tu Hu Po reached out and took the photo... but how could she possibly understand such a professional CT scan? She could only roughly see that pile of white bones, without any asymmetry or cracks.

Now Fei Tu Hu Po was even more flustered, her voice trembling: "I, I didn't see anything wrong with it."

"There was no problem to begin with."

The doctor took the CT scan from Fei Tu Hu Po's hand and began to examine it intently again: "The main thing is that your bone development is too healthy. It looks even more standard than in textbooks. I even feel like it's a brand new skeleton..."

"what?"

Fei Tu Hu Po was stunned. The doctor's words implied that he was telling her...

"Is my foot okay?"

The doctor nodded: "There's nothing wrong with it. Normally, if there's a fracture, a callus will be left on the healing wound, but you don't even have a trace of a fracture or a serious sprain on your body... This means that as a female horse, or a racehorse, you've never had a single foot injury since you were a baby."

"Oh, I see..."

Fei Tu Hu Po's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, suddenly relaxed. She was very familiar with things like callus and fractures, after all, the half-year she spent in the hospital was the most painful period of her life... Now that she heard the doctor say that her legs were completely fine, it was simply wonderful news.

"So I was thinking of discussing with you, Miss Fei Tu, whether you could grant me permission to use these CT scans as references in the future..."

"No problem, no problem."

Fei Tu Hu Po readily agreed to the doctor's request, but then raised her doubts with some questions: "Then why can't I run the right turn track?"

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Chapter Ninety-Four: You Horse Girl, Let's Revise That First!

"Can't I run on the track where I turn right?"

Seeing that Hitoko had agreed to his request so readily, the doctor became even more attentive in helping Hitoko consider possible reasons...

"There's nothing wrong with your bones, and there's no genetic issue like leg length discrepancy." The doctor wrote down the possibilities on a piece of paper. "Based on the brain CT scan just now, Miss Hito, you should also be the kind of racehorse girl with quick thinking."

The lady standing nearby couldn't help but interject, "Is that right? Doctor, you actually said she's a quick-thinking racehorse? This silly roe deer?"

The doctor spread his hands, looking rather helpless, and said, "I'm just a doctor, and all my judgments are based on my diagnosis... According to the diagnosis, Miss Fei Tu is currently as healthy as can be, except that she may be a little overweight..."

Fei Tu Hu Po was a little embarrassed: "You don't need to mention this doctor, besides these..."

"Apart from that, I really don't know what could cause your left and right feet to exert force unevenly."

Just as the doctor was frowning in worry, Kotobuki Toru, who was standing to the side, spoke up: "Aside from pathological reasons... could it be due to psychological reasons?"

The doctor looked up at Kotobuki Toru and nodded slightly in agreement: "That's possible. After all, racehorse girls' psychology is unpredictable... Sometimes their running habits can change just because of something small. Miss Hito, have you stepped on a snake or something like that with your right foot before?"

"No."

"What if you step on a Lego toy or something?"

"nor."

Kotobuki Toru stood aside and thought for a long time before giving an easy-to-understand explanation: "What if she was convinced that she had been in a car accident? And what if she could vividly imagine the details of the accident?"

The doctor tapped his palm: "Possibly! But that's a manifestation of paranoia! I never expected someone so young to have that..."

Fei Tu Hu Po felt the doctor's slightly pitying gaze, and even Gao Shang Jun Yi, who was standing behind her, began to have tears in his eyes.

Optimistically speaking, Gao Shangjunyi is probably already imagining things, like, "This is a simple story, about a horse girl with a mental disability..."

To avoid being misunderstood, Amber quickly spoke up to defend herself: "I really was hit by a car! A dump truck carrying the Three Goddess statues was speeding towards me with its headlights on..."

The doctor naturally didn't believe Fei Tu Hu Po's explanation. After all, he was the doctor, and the bones on the CT scan were perfectly healed, let alone being hit by a large truck...

"If you're like this, I'll prescribe some medicine for you. Oh, no, Uncle, I'll give you some candy. You can eat three every day."

Hitoko Amber was about to vomit blood. Was she really being mistaken for a racehorse girl with a screw loose?

The key is based on my own experience; apart from Kotobuki Toru, who believes it... nobody else believes it at all!

Is it too late to search for "[What should I do if I'm arrested by a mentally ill person on the spot]"? No, shouldn't I be searching for "[What are the meals like in a mental hospital?]"?

Faced with the doctor's scrutinizing gaze, Hitoko Amber didn't know what to do. Fortunately, at that moment, Kotobuki Toru stepped forward: "Ahem, doctor, I understand her situation. I don't think she has any paranoia... But if it's phantom limb pain or motor psychological burden caused by psychological factors, the treatment should still be through the left and right leg force correction, right?"

The doctor nodded: "That's right. Since you're here, you should be her trainer. You're more professional than I am when it comes to correcting racehorse girls, so I don't need to say more. Go buy corrective shoes, but that only solves the problem physically. As for paranoia... we still need to address the psychological aspects."

Hibiki Amber protested, "I'm really not paranoid! So what are corrective shoes?"

Upon hearing the words "corrective shoes," the faces of the noblewoman and the elegant gentleman were instantly shrouded in a cloud of fear and pain, as if they had imagined something terrifying.

Only Amber remained filled with intense curiosity and a desire to explore: "Can anyone tell me about it?"

"You'll find out when you go to buy it."

Since they were buying shoes, everyone naturally chose Venus Store, which specializes in providing various products for racehorse girls. There happened to be a bus route between the hospital and Venus Store, and adhering to the principle of saving money wherever possible, Kotobuki Toru took the two wealthy racehorse girls and Hitoko Amber onto the bus.

While the elegant Junyi and the lady were wiping the seats and windows with handkerchiefs, Kotobuki Toru and Hitoko Amber sent messages on their cell phones.

[Hibiko Amber: Actually, I don't think there's anything wrong with me... More training should solve it, right?]

After sending the message, Fei Tu Hu Po lifted her left foot and hopped hard on the bus with her right foot, making such a loud noise that the bus driver thought a tire had burst.

[Kotobuki Toru: When you jumped just now, although you used all your strength, you still eased off a bit just before your right foot touched the ground.]

[Hibiscus Amber: No!]

[Kotobuki Toru: Don't be afraid. What I was most worried about was that you had a health problem. Now that it's confirmed you're fine, everything else is minor. I guess you still have some psychological trauma or PTSD from being hit by a dump truck back then, which is why you're afraid to use your right leg properly, and why you like to put your tail on the left side... It's all a protective instinct.]

Fei Tu Hu Po pursed her lips, enduring the discomfort as she flicked her tail to the right.

But wagging your tail doesn't do any good.

[Kotobuki Toru: The problem of uneven force exertion from the left and right legs is actually present in the vast majority of racehorse girls. The noblewoman and the elegant Junyi likely had it corrected back then.]

So Fei Tu Hu Po looked up at the noblewoman and Gao Shang Jun Yi, who had decided to stand and wait for their turn, and asked, "Did you guys also have orthodontic treatments or something back then?"