Umamusume's days are numbered

Oh my starfish, what will you do without your sister?

Hai Du patted Hai Du Zhi Xing's head and explained to her, "Hai Xing Xing, it's too bad to tell Bai Jin right now."

"Or, you could tell her the day Platinum also decides to go to Hawaii. That way, she'll keep looking forward to meeting you in Hawaii and imagining that you'll have a wonderful vacation together. These feelings will keep fermenting in her heart until they burst out the moment she sees you."

"Since we didn't choose to tell her from the beginning, we might as well meet her directly in Hawaii, give her a surprise."

"Starfish, if you were about to go to Hawaii for training, and the moment you landed you found Platinum waiting for you outside the airport, what would you think?"

Haidu Star thought for a moment: "My friends are waiting for me. I'm very happy."

Hai Du nodded in satisfaction. Sigh, compared to Hai Du Star, the astronomer is practically a bastard. Who knows what trouble she's been causing while she's not traveling?

The plane began to shake, and the two people felt a slight push against their backs. Looking out the window, the plane was speeding down the runway and then leaving the ground.

Our Hawaii trip for two has officially begun.

"Ah." At this moment, Haidu Star suddenly remembered something, "I didn't change the address of the local specialties I sent to Platinum. Could they have been mailed to Treson Academy?"

"Local specialties?"

"I don't know, but Platinum seems to like it a lot, so I keep sending her mail."

Haidu Star was very satisfied. Haidu City, seeing Haidu Star taking the initiative to attack, was also very satisfied.

Then, Alice received a whole box of soil that was too heavy to move, which greatly displeased her.

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"Ugh... my head hurts so much..."

The astronomer regained consciousness, trembling, and found himself in excruciating pain at the back of his head, as if he had been drunk all night.

"Wait a minute, how could I possibly be drunk? I can drink a ton of liquor... Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

The astronomer touched the back of his head and jumped up as if he'd been electrocuted. This wasn't a drunken stupor; he'd been hit over the head with a blunt object!

And the sensation of my body felt wrong too. I felt something was off as soon as I lay down—why was my lower body wet? And I could feel water flowing down there?

The astronomer was completely blind; her vision was utterly dark, she couldn't see anything except for a flickering flame in the distance. She stomped her foot hard, feeling the uneven texture of her skin…

"Is this a beach?"

The astronomer shivered, wrapping himself tightly in his clothes, feeling so cold he could barely feel anything. The beach was freezing at night, and the astronomer seriously suspected he had been woken up by the cold.

So what exactly happened? How did I end up lying here? How did it become nighttime in the blink of an eye?

He was hit on the head with a club... Wait a minute, the astronomer was very confident in his popularity; he was absolutely loved by everyone and had no enemies at all.

"...No, I can't remember." The astronomer clutched his head, completely unable to recall what had happened. Not only did he not remember who had attacked him, but he couldn't even remember the entire sequence of events.

Never mind all that, we're going to freeze to death here if this keeps up! The astronomer shivered as he walked toward the flickering flames. When he got closer, he realized it was a crackling campfire, and Platinum and the rest of the crew, including everyone else on the show, were cleaning up the trash around it.

"You're finally back."

Before the astronomer could react, Li Yuelongmen rushed forward and grasped his hand with concern: "You said you were going out to get some drinks this morning, and then you never came back. We've been waiting for you. If you hadn't come back, Bai Jin would have called the police."

"Right...right?" The astronomer stared blankly at the carp leaping over the dragon gate, looked at the campfire, and then at everyone gathered around it. Suddenly, he felt like his head couldn't wrap its head around it.

Could it be that my headache is really caused by being drunk?

This question had been puzzling the astronomer, and she still couldn't figure it out even after leaving Oahu for the youth training base.

Episode 304 Seed Player

As the jeep slowly moved forward, the cluster of buildings standing on the plain came into view in the distance. For a training base, its size was truly astonishing.

“We don’t really need this place, but I heard it’s actually been semi-open for a while now. North American racehorses choose to train here every summer—of course, only the sandy areas are open; the turf wasn’t officially completed until this year.” Linda gripped the steering wheel and rolled down the window so Platinum and the others could appreciate the grandeur of the building more directly. “From planning to build a world-class youth training base to the project’s implementation and final completion, including the period when construction was halted due to insufficient funds, this project, which almost died in the womb, took nearly ten years to build and cost over a billion US dollars.”

"It looks like it's going to become a landmark in Hawaii," the astronomer said, peering at the complex.

This is why, with seven billion people around the world now governing their countries through horse racing, such a landmark spectacle of massive construction projects can occur.

“I don’t know.” Linda shrugged.

The astronomer was supposed to drive, but the blow to the back of her head was still fresh in her mind, and it was throbbing from time to time. So Linda volunteered to drive for them again.

"Wow, that's amazing..." Excellent Quality exclaimed sincerely. She had initially thought this trip to Hawaii had been quite a hassle due to the production team's planning. But the thought of staying in such a luxurious place for the next two months...

I made a killing! Thank you, Platinum!

"Carp Leaps Over the Dragon Gate" simply raised her phone and snapped a bunch of photos, then posted them in their group chat.

[Golden Koi Spinning Around]: [Image]

[Golden Koi Spinning Around]: Wow, the Hawaii youth training base is huge!

【Jade Lion (not Green)】: Ohhhhhh! I really want to go! I really want to go! I really want to go!

[Where are the Reed-haired Horse Girls?]: They don't seem as good as the hay at Sha Tin Racecourse...

[Where is Lumao Mama Niang?]: Good luck running on the American grasslands. Besides, I didn't invite you, so why are you so happy?

[Golden Koi Spinning Around]: But I have Platinum with me! [Image]

Where is the Reed-haired Horse Mother?

[Scammer]: Be prepared. I've received word that the flight is also heading to Hawaii. You might run into them.

As for Bai Jin... Bai Jin didn't even look out the window. For Bai Jin, how many years it had been built and how much money had been spent on this youth training base was irrelevant; she was busy browsing her system interface.

[Elimination Mission]

[This week's target: 0/20 kilometers]

[This week's reward: 0/200 carrots]

Location of the annihilation operation

【Hawaii Island Loop Highway】(5-star recommendation)

"On the roads of a resort paradise, just drive. Buses can run, and racehorses can run too."

"Visiting during the summer increases the chances of encountering world-famous celebrities. It's advisable to prepare a shirt and marker that you'd like to get an autograph from beforehand."

Seeing this, Platinum finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Nothing else matters, it doesn't matter if Platinum doesn't go to the youth training base and spends two months playing in Hawaii—we can't skip eliminating this one!

This stuff is the biggest source of his carrots. Before leaving Treson Academy, Platinum even went to the trouble of running the entire 20-kilometer mountain road, which Alice found amazing. Although Platinum thought it was unlikely, if he didn't have any extermination missions after arriving in Hawaii, he would have to turn around and leave.

What Arc de Triomphe? What Breeders' Cup? I'm going straight back to Tokyo to run some extermination missions and prepare for the Chrysanthemum Festival!

If they manage to wipe them out, then Bai Jin can finally relax.

With his feet off the ground, the virus was shut down, and his brilliant intellect reigned supreme. Platinum could finally relax and enjoy his Hawaiian life, becoming quite endearing.

"Since we're just killing time anyway, why don't you come and hear about your next opponent?" Seeing that Platinum had relaxed, the astronomer pulled his head back from the window and put his arm around Platinum's shoulder. "They're all world-class players. There's no harm in listening."

As the saying goes, "looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death," and although the youth training base was already on the horizon, according to the navigation, Linda still had to drive for another half an hour.

Platinum absolutely hates having her arm around someone's shoulder. Even Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate hates it! So Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate has never had the experience of touching Platinum's neck. Platinum guesses that Alice and Soko probably have, since Soko is always in Platinum's dorm room at night. Soko can even take blood while Platinum is sleeping, so what's a little groping? Platinum feels very angry about this, but not enough to make her so angry that she'd jump up and punch Alice and Soko, defying the drug's sedative effects.

But she couldn't talk to the astronomer—the astronomer was her anchor, the key to her healing of her soul dissolution syndrome, and the most important part of the prophecy; she had to build a good relationship with her.

What can we do? We can't talk back, and we can't hide.

Just bear with it.

The two were completely oblivious to the increasingly radiant smile spreading across the face of the man leaping over the dragon gate. Platinum, forcing a smile, replied to the astronomer, "What would I need to know that? I'm not going to the Arc de Triomphe..."

“You can’t think like that.” Unexpectedly, the astronomer suddenly said seriously, “Rudolph’s symbol is also giving you a chance to consider, right? There’s still some time before registration, and everything is uncertain. Neither you nor I know whether we’ll run the Arc de Triomphe or admire the chrysanthemums. It doesn’t hurt to know these things in advance.”

"This is also one of my responsibilities as the teacher in charge of the team."

"You don't know, but I do. I'd definitely be going to the Chrysanthemum Viewing Festival..." Platinum chuckled wryly. Saying she might attend the Arc de Triomphe was just a way to fool outsiders; how could an astronomer even believe her own lie?

“First is Zoe. As a representative of France, Zoe has been one of the strongest champions in the history of the Arc de Triomphe. In her first encounter with the Arc de Triomphe, Zoe won the championship trophy with an undefeated record, and even defeated the highly anticipated Gold Master—” The astronomer gave Platinum a meaningful look, “just like you now.”

"Many people are now speculating that this Arc de Triomphe will be the end of Zoe's career. The riders participating in the Arc de Triomphe will be facing a super horse king who has been forged and tempered by time."

"Then there's Cheng Quanbao. He's the player who won the Arc de Triomphe right after Zhuo Fu—"

"Wait, Cheng Quan Bao?" Bai Jin tilted his head, completely surprised to hear that name.

Hmm, the oldest is Zhuo Fu, then Cheng Quan Bao. Hai Du Zhi Xing debuted this year. What a chronological mess.

Episode 305: This is how Cheng Quanbao cried.

"Yes, Cheng Quanbao is also a heavyweight European champion. Although her overall rating is considered conservative among all the champion horses, and she is more moderate compared to the racing style of the 'Flying Line' which likes to widen the gap in the race, and she is said to be relatively weak, that does not mean that her strength is inferior to others."

"Last year was Cheng Quanbao's most glorious year. He defeated Zoe Fu in the Arc de Triomphe to lift the trophy, and then went to the United States to participate in the Breeders' Cup turf race, where he also won the undisputed first place."

“I can tell you definitively that Cheng Quanbao is already highly regarded, but her true strength exceeds her current assessment.” The astronomer pondered, stroking his chin. “Yes, she is still underestimated.”

Platinum kept mumbling "uh-huh," then hunched over like a little shrimp, trying to free herself from the astronomer's arm. To be honest, Platinum didn't care about Cheng Quanbao's or Zhuo Fu's abilities. If the astronomer talked about their scandals, showed her their photos, and told her how beautiful they were, Platinum might actually become interested.

Anyway, I'm not going to race with them, so what score the horse racing association gives me or what big prizes they win has nothing to do with me.

Since he'd already defeated Golden Gun Sixty, if they wanted to challenge him, he'd have to go to Hong Kong and defeat Golden Gun Sixty first to qualify. (Mental instability)

Platinum's only complaint is about this chaotic timeline. Zoe Fu is now the most senior member, while Cheng Quan Bao debuted even earlier than Hai Du Zhi Xing, who only participated in the Arc de Triomphe for the first time this year. Sigh, whatever, in the world of Uma Musume, those who know, know—it's all the work of the three goddesses.

"How do you know so much about this?" The person with excellent qualities was more curious about this.

"As your coach, these are all necessary preparations," the astronomer said seriously.

Li Yuelongmen said in a sinister tone, "Isn't it because Hai Du City is actually quite familiar with them?"

If the astronomers keep bragging, she could blow her way to the moon.

The astronomer wasn't embarrassed at all when he was exposed. Instead, he proudly puffed out his chest and said, "Aren't my friends from Haidu City my friends too? No matter what, I got their information. So tell me, did I get it or not?"

The group had long been used to the astronomers' shamelessness.

But the astronomers weren't going to stop there, eager to share the gossip they knew with Platinum and the others: "And, I guess, I just guess, the relationship between Cheng Quanbao and Zhuo Fu is a bit complicated."

"What do you mean?" Bai Jin perked up immediately at the mention of gossip.

You're making me not sleepy anymore.

The astronomer pretended to look left and right, then lowered his voice and said, "Cheng Quanbao's trainer, Dai Tuli, once served as Zhuo Fu's trainer for a period of time."

"Who is Deturi?" Platinum asked blankly.

"I know that, but isn't this just a normal personnel transfer?" Unexpectedly, when she turned around, apart from Linda who was still driving, Li Yuelongmen and Youhao Sujing had all turned their heads around, looking like they wanted to watch the drama unfold.

“Daitu is the best trainer right now, so it’s not big news that he’s being hired externally. And Cheng Quanbao isn’t the first racehorse girl he trained to win the Arc de Triomphe.” Even Linda, who was driving, chimed in with her hand on the steering wheel.

It seems that loving gossip is truly in the nature of both humans and horses.

"How can that be the same?" The astronomer's eyes widened immediately. "Think about it, when did the powerful clan invite Deturi to be Zofu's trainer? At the crucial moment when Cheng Quanbao was preparing for the Arc de Triomphe, Deturi went to guide Zofu in recovering her condition. Isn't that aiding the enemy?"

"I heard that Cheng Quanbao cried and made a scene, rolling around on the ground, and dragged Dai Tuli all the way from the horse farm to the street."

The astronomer spoke eloquently, and although she kept saying "I've heard it all," her sincere eyes made it seem as if she had seen it with her own eyes.

"Hmm...like over there?" Platinum awkwardly raised her finger and pointed out the window.

At some point, a convertible sedan appeared on the other side of the road, driving alongside them. The driver was a middle-aged white man who looked relatively young, while the passenger was a strikingly beautiful young woman—especially her incredibly fine, long, flaxen hair, almost like a cape, which was unforgettable.

"Wow—I don't want to! I don't want to! I didn't agree not to come running!"

However, the girl with flaxen hair didn't care about her image at all and kept rolling around in the passenger seat.

Platinum swears it was real rolling around—like a ping-pong ball strapped to a seatbelt, bouncing up and down. Before this, Platinum had never imagined a person could be so active.

"Why do you want me to run again? I don't want to run anymore, please, please..."

Bai Jin watched with great amusement, while Li Yuelongmen pondered, "Why do I feel like I've seen these two people before..."

It's that strange feeling where you know they definitely don't know you, but you might know them.

The astronomer simply stretched out his arm and waved at them: "Yo—Deturi—"

The white male driver had to keep his hands on the steering wheel while constantly watching the girl in the passenger seat to make sure she wasn't free, and he also had to verbally comfort her from time to time. Hearing someone call his name, he nodded to the astronomer, and the convertible overtook Linda's jeep, pulling ahead of them.

Only the screams of the girl in the passenger seat still echoed in Platinum and the others' ears: "I—won't—run—!"

The astronomer, who was usually shameless, unexpectedly sat up straight, his expression became much more serious, and he stopped putting his arm around Bai Jin's shoulder.