I'm Ornn, and I'm about to be beaten to my knees by the Man-eating Horse Girl!

"...Of course I saw it."

Rudolf nodded slightly, and she also rose from her seat. Looking at the leading horse in the herd, Tengzheng March, she slowly said, "To think that there are horse girls in this region who have learned [Concentration], no, even more than just that skill."

"Is it [Concentration] and [First Strike Guarantee]? No, that's not right either, it's more like a fusion of two skills?"

At this point, the emperor suddenly laughed.

As a seven-time champion, her judgment is naturally very accurate. Although she doesn't need to learn the skill "First Strike Guaranteed Victory," there's a girl in the student council who is extremely proficient in it.

Looking at the competition on the playground, she said, "It seems that, besides those two athletes, we also need to specially hire their trainers to Central Treson."

"Such talent should not be wasted in obscurity! He must be put to good use!"

Chapter 70 Swift Strike and First Opportunity

Two weeks before the Chukyo Cup was held, on the playground of Kasamatsu Tressen,

Shining Brightly looked hesitantly at the Tengzheng March in front of her, while the blue-haired horse girl was practicing a strange set of movements in front of the gate.

That arm-swinging and ground-pushing motion, which looks like lifting a tail while putting on stockings, is actually quite unsightly from the perspective of the newly radiant light.

She turned to look at Orn beside her and asked, "Benefactor, is this method really effective? You've been practicing this move for almost half a month now, haven't you?"

"Can using this posture really overcome the difficulty of exiting the gate?"

Orn plugged in the power to the gate and replied, "To be honest, I'm not too sure either, so I just had Tengzheng March try it out. If it doesn't work, we'll stop immediately, so we won't waste much time."

"Alright, Glorious, go and press the gate switch for March!"

Ornn only told half the story, because when he tested the method on himself, it proved quite effective.

But when it came to Ma Niang, he was a little unsure.

Although there's the successful experience with Oguri Hat, it's also possible that it was just good luck last time, and that they stumbled upon a skill suitable for Oguri Hat by accident.

This skill... is theoretically a universal skill that almost any escaped horse can learn! Faced with this situation, Ornn was no longer confident.

A new light shone as they approached the gate. Because Kasamatsu's gate employs a hybrid system combining traditional and modern technology—an electric, hand-operated, four-in-one gate opening system—someone needed to press a button to open it.

Looking at the creaking gate, after hesitating for a moment, Orn took out a helmet and put it on himself, then took out another and put it on the head of the little chestnut-hatted person next to him.

He looked at the "Soaring March" music playing inside the gate and asked, "How is it? Can you feel it?"

"...I'm not entirely sure either; we'll have to try it out."

Teng Zheng took a deep breath, looked at Orn, and then nodded.

"Great! A brand new brilliance! Press it!"

“Bang!!”

"Eee-ya—!!!!"

"puff--!"

"Uhh—!!"

"Boom-!!"

The moment the brand-new, radiant gate was pressed, some of the older gates opened one after another.

Propelled by her strange posture, Teng Zheng's body shot forward, and her elbow struck the right gate, which was opening in sequence.

Under the influence of classical physics, the gate continued its inertial motion to the right, finally striking the brand-new, radiant forehead with the force of an elbow strike.

The button in the brand-new, radiant hand was thrown backward, hitting the chestnut-hatted man's helmet.

Teng Zheng, after elbowing someone, lost his balance and landed face down, sliding several meters on the sand in front of him.

Aside from the sound of the wind, a brief silence fell over the gate.

Orn rushed to Teng Zheng March, who had fallen to the ground, pulled out a hammer, and struck her in the back.

Feeling the sensation transmitted from the hammer, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and gently helped the girl up.

"How are you? You weren't seriously injured, were you?"

Teng Zheng's face was a little red, but it wasn't from the sand rubbing against her skin; rather, it was from her inner embarrassment and annoyance.

She coughed lightly and said, "It's alright, I'm not hurt."

"Where's Glorious? Did she faint?"

The brand-new Radiance in Little Chestnut Hat's arms immediately sprang to life. She was initially puzzled, but that puzzlement turned to anger upon catching a glimpse of Orn's helmet.

She pointed at Orn, her voice trembling, and said, "You!! You!! You actually..."

"Hey, Guanghui, let's go get something good to eat later, it's on me, of course, everyone goes together."

Although still somewhat resentful, the newly radiant figure reluctantly accepted the compensation, grumbling as it snatched the helmet from Ornn's head.

She looked at Teng Zheng sitting on the playground and asked, "March, how about it? Will my benefactor's absurd method work?"

"......able,"

Teng Zheng stood up, staring at her legs, and said with some doubt, "I don't know if it's just my imagination, but the moment the gate opened, it wasn't so much that I rushed out, but rather that the suction force generated by the opening of the gate pulled me out."

"Orn's method is indeed very effective, Radiance, let's try again!"

With a hint of doubt, the newly radiant figure put on the helmet, then picked up the button that had fallen to the ground again: "Really, benefactor, can those strange movements really work?"

Orn shrugged and said, "I don't know either. That's what the book says. Don't worry about the underlying principles. I figure if it works, it works."

"March, keep training and see. If you master this skill, your strength will increase exponentially."

"After all, no one would have expected that the horse that always ran at the front would actually run like a runner,"

"Even the escape route suits you better, hmph... wait for the right opportunity, you must give the other runners a surprise!!"

Teng Zheng laughed and asked, "Ornn, what's the name of this skill?"

Ornn replied, "Let's call it 'Swift Strike,' the same skill that Oguri learned before. It's something I developed myself."

With a hint of excitement, the newly radiant figure looked at Ornn and asked, "Benefactor! Will I have the opportunity to learn this kind of skill in the future?!"

Orn nodded, then hesitated for a moment: "It should... be okay, right?"

"Hey! My benefactor! Don't speak like you're asking a question!"

At the Zhongjing Racecourse, after overtaking the last female horse, a crimson glint flashed in Teng Zheng March's eyes.

"Yeah, nobody would have guessed that my true calling... is a great escape!!"

From the stands, Shibasaki watched as Teng Zheng March, who was steadily leading and had already pulled away from second place by seven yards, nodded and smiled, "The Great Escape, huh? Come to think of it, when she first entered the school, I felt that the kid was suited for the Great Escape running style."

"Aoun kept her running in the lead throughout the rest of the race, and I thought I was wrong. But now it seems he was thinking much further ahead than we were!"

Kitahara scoffed dismissively and muttered, "Hindsight is 20/20... I didn't hear you say that when she first enrolled!"

Shibasaki wasn't angry. He waved the light stick that Orn had provided for free and retorted, "So what if I'm being a hindsight critic? At least I have the right to be a hindsight critic, right?"

"It's better than some lazy student still preparing for the Central Teresen certification exam~~~ Haha!"

"No Road Race!"

Kitahara reached out and hid the notes in his hand, then sneered, "Hmph, I'll pass the exam someday!! Once I pass the Central Teresan Trainer Certification exam, you'll have to kneel before me..."

"Oh? Kid, you've got quite the ambition, haven't you?"

An aged voice came from beside them, and Bei Yuan's smile froze instantly. He quickly turned around and said, "Uncle Liu Ping'er?! What brings you here?!"

The somewhat short-statured Rokuhei Ginjiro appeared behind the two. The surrounding female students, intimidated by the old man's unique aura, quickly made way for him.

He brandished his cane and smiled at the two of them, saying, "Oh, we meet again."

"By the way... where's that young man? He's supposed to play, why isn't he here?"

Kitahara and Shibasaki exchanged a glance, then replied with an awkward smile, "Well... Uncle Rokuhei couldn't make it, so he asked us to come and support the march competition!"

Liuping sneered, poked Beiyuan with his cane, and said, "You have to call me Liuping! How many times have I told you! You've improved, kid, you even managed to fool your uncle!"

"If something really happened to him, why aren't all of his subordinates here? Surely that [monster] isn't in good health either?"

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Kitahara was speechless at these words. Rokuhei smiled smugly and said with a laugh, "You little punk, you think you can fool your uncle with this? I know what you're up to the moment you raise your tail!"

"Tell me, what competition did that kid take his horse to? I might be able to offer some suggestions,"

Facing this senior figure from the central government, Shibasaki honestly replied, "It's the G3 Heian Championship; they're in Kyoto right now."

Liu Ping nodded and murmured, "The Ping An Championship... It's not a bad thing to get some G3 matches early. Does he have any other competition plans?"

Kitahara shook his head and said, "That's all, but Orn said when he left that he would go to Tokyo for the competition if things went well."

Rokuhei nodded again: "Going to Tokyo? The matches there are quite intense, but their strength is sufficient to handle..."

"Huh? Wait a minute, are there no G3/G2 tournaments being held in Tokyo this May? The only tournaments being held in Tokyo are..."

The old man's eyes suddenly widened, as if he had thought of something unbelievable.

G1? This kid wants to play in the G1 tournament!?

Unlike Miyazaki Hidetoshi, Rokuhei Ginjiro was not on Morita Itsuki's target list, so although he knew that Orn couldn't enter the Central Government in the short term, he didn't know the specifics.

But after learning that Aoun wanted to participate in the Japanese derby, Rokuhei immediately understood the underlying strategy.

"This kid... he's really... incredibly bold!!!"

"Moreover, even if they lose the Japanese derby, a second or third place finish will still cause some damage to Morita Itsuki. If they win, Morita Itsuki's power will definitely suffer a huge blow!"

"What courage! What incredible courage!!"

Rokuhei Ginjiro gently adjusted the round hat on his head, glanced at the VIP box in the audience, and a smile appeared on his lips.

'Although he may lack the advantage of location, this kid has the advantage of timing. The next step is to see if he can gain the support of the people!'

Chapter 71 You dare cheat me! Cheat the Emperor!?

"We've reached the final sprint! Tengzheng March still maintains a commanding lead! Are the other contestants powerless to catch up?!"

"Five horse bodies!! Six horse bodies!! The gap keeps widening! Is another terrible horse girl about to appear?!"

The female commentator's voice once again stirred up the atmosphere, and the audience began to cheer.

Running at the very front, Teng Zheng March naturally heard the thunderous cheers. In the late spring, when the weather was gradually getting hotter, she exhaled a cloud of white mist.

Then, she inhaled all the surrounding air into her chest cavity, like a huge machine making a rumbling sound.

"Drink--!!!"

With a roar, her red eyes streaked across the track like a shooting star, and her pale blue figure, accompanied by immense wind pressure, surged across the finish line!

Under Orn's almost torturous training, aided by the shoes she wore, by the breathing techniques she figured out herself, and with the support of her terrifying willpower,

Tengzheng March won the Zhongjing Cup by a margin of nearly nine horse lengths, achieving a truly crushing victory!

The commentator jumped up excitedly and exclaimed, "He crossed the finish line!! Tengzheng March crossed the finish line!!"

"Following in the footsteps of [The Monster with the Reed Feather], Kasamatsu has produced another player who has won with unparalleled skill!! Tengzheng March is undoubtedly the number one in the Chukyo tournament!!"

A few seconds after she crossed the finish line, the girl behind her crossed it as well.

She was breathing heavily, then looked up at Teng Zheng March, whose breathing had mostly calmed down, and sighed, "You...you were too intense!"

"I feel like you're strong enough to challenge the central team! Heh... My trainer said before the match that he might be able to beat you, but now it seems that was just wishful thinking!"

The horse girl collapsed onto the grass, raising her hand to shield her eyes, seemingly trying to conceal her expression.

Teng Zheng smiled, then walked to her side and extended his hand.

"Huff... Huff... What's this? Is this the mercy of the victor?"

Looking at the horse girl lying on the ground, the blue-haired horse girl laughed and said, "You're right, this is indeed out of the victor's pity."

"I'm a pretty straightforward person, so I'll be frank: this match was a complete victory for me. You're still far from being at the level to completely defeat me."

"Either hold my hand and win the next race, or lie on the ground and cry like a little pony!"

The woman was taken aback by what she heard, then she suddenly reached out and firmly grasped Teng Zheng's hand.

She growled, "You're really straightforward... but I won't be defeated so easily!"

"Of course, I believe they won't either!"

Looking behind her as the Tengzheng March played, the other runners had already crossed the finish line one after another.

After hearing what she had just said, some of the female horses made faces at her, while others simply walked towards the exit without saying a word.