The socially anxious girl doesn't want to stick to me!

"Come on! Sakuraba-san!" The Emperor of the East China Sea clenched his fists and secretly cheered for his good friend.

Also cheering for Igarashi Sakuraba was...Majirei-san who was sitting in the audience.

The three of them fixed their eyes on the track.

only.

The [Emperor] noticed something was wrong immediately. Her eyes followed Igarashi Sakuraba. The more she looked, the tighter her brows furrowed. An inexplicable sense of familiarity came from the other person. It was impossible for Ludo, who had the most intuitive sensitivity to running, to not be able to sense this.

This is……

How is it possible???

With full of doubts, he stared, stared intently.

The race on the track continues.

-

When the start is complete.

The nine horse girls immediately ran around the edge of the track, because this would save them as much energy as possible. Igarashi Sakuraba stood in a position relatively in the middle and front. Although she had a good start, she was surrounded as soon as she slowed down after passing the first corner. There were horse girls on her left, right, front and back, and she could not see the road ahead clearly for a while.

Just run according to your instinct.

…The worst happened first.

Being surrounded in the middle, to put it nicely means not being affected by wind resistance, but to put it bluntly means being blocked.

Perhaps this situation is nothing for other horse girls, and it is a good thing that they are not affected by wind resistance. However, Igarashi Sakuraba must find a suitable opportunity to break out. She has not learned the knowledge in this area, nor has she learned what kind of opportunity she should take to break out.

It's just a little uncomfortable.

Caught in the middle.

She also had a premonition...if she was trapped in the middle, it would be difficult to win the game even if she had a chance to break out at the end.

I must never underestimate the last step of Narita Road.

Opportunities must be in your own hands... Even if you don't have to take the wind resistance, you must find a way to get away from the herd, or you must find a way to run to the outermost area where miracles happen frequently. You must find a way to break through the herd and become the front row horse! Even if the outer area has always been an area that many people don't like, it will consume a lot of physical strength, fall into the downwind area, and even more likely to be judged as diagonal and disqualified from the competition, you must rush there.

His eyes were fixed on the blonde running in the front.

That is Narita Road.

The [No. 2] gate and a perfect start allowed her to take the lead directly and run ahead of the herd.

If Narita Road didn't need rabbits to clear the way.

Then I can do the same. There is no reason why I would be weaker than Narita Road.

Igarashi Sakuraba thought expressionlessly.

However, before I could even reach the outermost edge, I could suddenly feel Narita Road... speeding up!

It's no longer a slow, playful run.

But before the second bend came, the whole race was in the early stage. She, who was running at the front, suddenly began to increase her pace, and suddenly opened up a distance from the front of the herd, although it was not much... The other leading horses were only surprised for a moment, but tacitly chose not to increase their pace, but ran as usual.

Maybe escape.

but.

No matter how fast she runs away...she will eventually run out of energy, so we'll have to find a way to arrest her at the end.

That's what I think.

Let's not talk about Naritaji, who is not the type of horse girl who runs away. As the most popular horse girl, everyone has seen her information. She is very orthodox. The main difference is sometimes the first. So, isn't it messing with her mentality to increase the pace now? It's not running away. It's impossible to use a running method that she is not familiar with. It will only be the first, so the distance will not be too far, and she can catch up.

That's basically what everyone thinks.

Only Igarashi Sakuraba among the herd was anxious.

She realized—

We have to start thinking of ways to arrest Naritaji...

Otherwise, if she could run comfortably at her own pace, how could she lose? Letting her opponent control the rhythm completely... that would be too comfortable! I must find a way to break Narita Road's rhythm.

But first.

How to break out of the herd is a problem. Let’s go to the next bend. We must find a way, rush to the outermost circle and then get away from the mediocre herd.

...I am really so weak.

When faced with an unexpected situation that I have no experience with, I immediately fell into a disadvantage... No, I can't panic. I can always catch up even if the distance between us increases. I absolutely cannot panic.

Think so.

Igarashi Sakuraba could only see Narita Road gradually increasing in pace and beginning to disappear into the distance.

-

Of course, Narita Road didn’t think that much.

I didn't think about whether to escape first or not, I didn't think about how to run. My mind was clear and I felt the breathing in my lungs.

Just thinking...if I can speed up, then I will speed up. I ran 2000 meters like this. My body gave me the best feedback and told me that it would not decay.

Just follow your intuition, that's all.

PS: Humph! You keep saying I’m short, but I have to work the 8:30am shift tomorrow.

Chapter 32: The Intuition of Genius - Determining Success

The whole plate is before the second bend.

Before the second bend... this is the position where the horse herd's formation is most likely to change. According to common sense, now, it doesn't matter who runs in front and who runs in the back. The gap is not that big. Even if they run away, where can they go with this distance?

Really critical.

It is the last bend and the final straight after the bend.

A design that all racecourses have.

Let the horse girls burst out with all their strength on the grass, compete fairly and show their speed on the straight road!

——Unless it is an obvious crushing victory.

And now...

Someone is making the entire process of this game critical, turning it into an obvious crushing victory.

Narita Road began to speed up——!

Speed ​​up, speed up again! The whole person just ran like this, increasing the distance between himself and the herd!

Faster...faster!

It was definitely not a stupid decision, to burst out at the second corner... a stupid decision that left me without the energy to cross the line on the final straight. Narita Road is very good, whether it is energy or speed, the body responds in this way, and it keeps responding... information that can be better.

So that's what we did.

She didn't think she could win the championship this way... But at least this would tell Igarashi Sakuraba that if he wanted to fulfill his promise to defeat her, then he should catch up with her now!

[What the hell is that guy doing?! ]

The other horse girls all had the same thought in their minds...

I just looked at Cheng Tianlu's back, my heart full of doubts.

And a direct sense of crisis was born in Igarashi Sakuraba's heart - she felt that she... had to find a way to break through the encirclement of the horses! The horses that could participate in the victory or defeat of this game would definitely not be the large group of horses.

Because these idiots...don't they even sense the slightest bit of crisis?

...nothing to say.

Frowning.

I must find a way to get out! I must catch up with the golden figure in my sight.

otherwise...

The worst result appeared in Igarashi Sakuraba's mind - she then bit her lower lip directly, and the pain made her mind clear up... The second turn, yes, it must be the second turn, rush out.

Think so.

Igarashi Sakuraba kept thinking.

She suppressed her inner restlessness, and her gaze shifted from the golden-haired horse racing girl to the second bend, and she began to pay attention to the rhythm around her - wanting to see if there was a flaw in the rhythm that flowed like breathing... that could allow her to break through.

just.

It’s just that this group of idiots are sticking together tightly, and the blockage is quite severe!

He gritted his teeth slightly, venting his unhappiness.

But he had to rush out at the second corner and chase Narita Road. If he rushed out at the third corner, it would be too late! The pace of these horse racing girls was so slow that Igarashi Sakuraba was too lazy to talk about it.

Are you really here to compete?

Didn’t you come here for a walk in the garden behind your home?

And you block yourself!!!

……

"The road is blocked..." The Emperor of the East China Sea looked at the track.

Looking at Igarashi Sakuraba who was in trouble for a while, he couldn't help but start to worry. She was completely different from those horse girls. No matter whether she was the [Emperor] or the [Emperor], she could sense the explosion of Narita Road and the vague smell of danger in the air.

“The decision at the first corner was really bad.” Ludo frowned, and then thought - this was actually a very tricky situation, because the other horse girls were running at a very steady rhythm, and it was not easy to break out of it.

But just tricky.

As the [Emperor], she can definitely break out of the siege.

just.

The person running on the track is not the emperor, but a nobody named... Igarashi Sakuraba.

May I?

If it were the Emperor...

Still thinking.

Luduo symbolized that he suddenly heard the sparse exclamations and confusion of the audience.

“A horse girl is rushing out! From the middle! — Unbelievable, is she trying to catch up with the figure in the front? It’s Igarashi Sakuraba, it’s Igarashi Sakuraba! This horse girl, who is the second most popular, has her eyes fixed on Narita Road in the front!”

So fast?

Luduo symbolically raised an eyebrow, surprised by this unknown person.

not bad.

She thought silently.

……

Just because Igarashi Sakuraba on the track...smelled it.

Full of flaws.

Moment.

When she calmed down, she suddenly became sober.

Stay calm... You must stay calm. Panic will not make you stronger, but will only make you further away from your goal. Just like a huge ice cube thrown into hot water, all the boiling bubbles and warm wind no longer exist, and it becomes a chilling cold.

"The intuition of a genius - judgment success!"

As I said before, this is a skill that requires basketball IQ. In an instant, really in an instant, Igarashi Sakuraba understood the positions of all the horse girls' running. Her field of vision became wider, and she directly grasped the answer called [Choice] and took control of the rhythm.

It's like having a God's perspective, as wonderful as a third eye.

She couldn't help but marvel at this.

then……

It's now.

At a ghostly angle that no one could see clearly, without any feedback, without any diagonal movement, and without blocking other people, he rushed out like a phantom! He rushed to the front of the herd of horses, and continued to exert force! His calves were getting tighter and tighter.

The body leans completely forward, with the center of gravity moving lower and lower.