Stop being a trainer!

Similarly, dozens of team members, including horse riders, nutritionists, doctors, nurses, body shapers and beauticians, will also be strictly divided. They will all begin to become professional.

By the way, this system was conceived by Emperor Rudolf when he was meditating in front of the Three Graces Fountain. He believed that such a system could well improve the various loopholes in the current system.

The current horse racing system is extremely large, complicated, and inefficient. A farrier can only be responsible for the customized running shoes of one horse racing girl, because if he is responsible for other horse racing girls, if the monitoring system is not perfect, it is very likely that the other team will provide targeted research information.

The defects are not just the problem of the farriers. In fact, in the old days of the horse racing team, behind a mature horse racing girl, there were often dozens or even hundreds of dedicated operation and maintenance personnel who ate URA's food to discuss and correct. Eating, sleeping, body shape, training, everything is managed by a dedicated person, which seems very powerful, but in fact, various contradictions and conflicts between them lead to extremely unstable results.

Rudolph symbolizes the current reform, which is to drastically reduce the number of these personnel and plan their functions into an entire URA Uma Musume Support Association.

The functions of hoof fitter, nutritionist, body shaper and publicity were all transferred to the relevant departments of URA for unified management. The actual daily training and mood control of the horse girls were simplified to be completed by the trainers.

This would free up a lot of unnecessary staff and money to buy new tracks, plots of land, and training facilities for the languishing URA Association and Tresen College. And the horse girls wouldn't have to live a high-pressure life every day, dragged onto the team's chariot, leading to tragedies like the Sakura Star King.

Everyone has good intentions, but countless good intentions will always drag each other down, ultimately leading to incompetent internal friction.

Professional management, centralized cases and pathology for scaled adjustments would prevent this tragedy.

Trainers take on the spiritual responsibility of the horse girls, and competitions begin to be clearly divided into local competitions, big prize competitions, competitions of different levels and professional singing and dancing stages.

This was done to respond to the audience's enthusiasm and to allow the horse girls to run more freely and happily on the racetrack. Although it was a heavy task, it had to be done. This was the original intention of Emperor Rudolf to symbolize the overall reform.

But it is obvious that in the eyes of the laid-off employees, this is an important manifestation of the ambitious Rudolf symbol and the dark and unjust URA beginning to get rid of the old heroes.

Although the life in Tresen College was peaceful, as soon as you left the school gate, you could see a large number of team members holding sit-ins and flag-raising demonstrations. Everyone had a tacit agreement not to interfere with the life of the horse racing girls on campus, but their own livelihoods were the object of their struggle.

Countless white flagpoles and banners were waving in front, and a few kilometers away from Teresen College, there was a rally area with people shouting with loudspeakers. This kind of chaotic time is the time for people like Kato Akira to stand out.

I don’t know how many people took the opportunity to leap into the dragon gate in this chaos, and I don’t know how many people fell from the sky in this chaos.

But many people know that this is actually their only chance. Except for the first batch of trainers, the remaining trainers will be subject to the most stringent education and control.

They will be perfect human specimens, and maybe even horse girls themselves. In this case, these ancient trainers have no choice but to keep moving forward if they want to avoid being left behind, and this is actually what Kato Akira is aiming for.

In the wave of chaos stirred up by the symbol of Rudolph, the window period is actually not long.

Based on the strong will of URA, the ability of Rudolf himself, and the default status of Tresen College, I am afraid that the window period will only be more than a year.

Being able to become a trainer within this brief window of time is truly like a carp leaping over the dragon gate, allowing school workers like Kato Akira to become trainers with their outstanding performance and ideas.

Even if you don't need to become a formal trainer, you can just become a reserve trainer, and you can save a lot of steps and successfully become a trainer of Tresen's shining light after a quick question and answer. After all, Kato Akira has the advantage of foresight, and it is very easy to find some hidden powerful horse girls.

In the chaos, the unknown man successfully won the crown, became a trainer through the support of ordinary horse girls, and then found a legendary horse girl to take charge, climbing up step by step, and finally became a rich man through dark steelmaking. This is Kato Akira's plan. The steps are clear, the ideas are steady, and there is no instability or doubt. It's all about interests and planning.

Yes, it was possible that the horse girl's strength might fluctuate, but so what? As long as he recognized the horse girl, she was a potential horse girl, and a potential horse girl would be talked about even if she didn't win first place, but only won the second or third place with a big reward.

What Kato Akira values ​​is never victory, but the honor above that, which is the cornerstone for living perfectly in this world.

He was grateful for the chaos that Rudolph symbolized.

However, in this chaos, there are always rebels who are dissatisfied with this troubled times.

For example, a warrior, a trump card, or a warrior who has been defeated repeatedly.

Chapter 19: The Freest Horse Girl

Lightly passing through the woods, the crisscrossing roads quickly turned into asphalt roads in modern society.

In just a few minutes, a path that was completely unknown to Kato Akira appeared in front of him.

"Huh? What's wrong? Are you looking at me like that?"

"No, it's nothing."

Looking at the freestyle horse girl who walked out of Tresen College with ease, Kato Akira shook his head and didn't want to say anything anymore.

Qianming is a free horse girl. A free horse girl can do whatever she wants and will always use various means to help herself achieve her goals.

Moreover, this society's tolerance towards the Triple Crown Horse Girls is a bit too much. Kato Akira has seen that one of the guards seemed to have noticed the problem here, but after looking at Representative Chiaki with a small hat on his head, he pretended not to see it and continued to stand guard.

No, what are you doing? You don't feel anything when a living person is dragged out?

Kato Akira tried hard to hint to the guards with his eyes, hoping that they could stop Representative Qianming's violence, but without a doubt, no one did so.

Because there is no point in blocking her, and there is even less point in intercepting her, because she is Qianming's representative, the freest horse girl on earth. Any attempt to restrain her is meaningless, only when she sweeps around like a storm, there is no time for her to be restrained by others.

Even when she was the defender against the symbol of Rudolf, and then became the challenger to challenge the supreme emperor, Qian Ming's popularity was superior. Yes, on the list of horse girls' supporters, Qian Ming, the free-spirited horse girl, usually surpassed Emperor Tresen.

This is also the reason why she is able to freely drag anyone out to play, and why she is confident that she can drag Kato Akira to Tokyo Tower in her current posture.

"So why Tokyo Tower?"

"Because Rudolph just told me a bad joke today."

"what?"

"Musashi is 634, so Tokyo Tower is also Musashi Tower, that's what I mean."

"…What are these strange things?"

"Isn't it? I thought it was weird, so I wanted to go take a look anyway. And then, there happened to be an acquaintance who looked lonely nearby, so isn't that normal?"

“I think this is very abnormal…”

"Don't worry about the little details, get ready to go~"

Looking at the horse racing girl who naturally pulled Kato Akira and called a taxi, the man had no idea what this free horse racing girl was talking about.

But for that free horse racing girl, Kato Akira's misunderstanding didn't seem to be something worthy of attention.

She naturally waved and hailed a taxi, then naturally stuffed him in, and then they sat in the back of the car together.

The sealed space could immediately smell the fragrance coming from Qian Ming's body. Different from the strong individualistic fragrance of Rudolph's body, the fragrance from Qian Ming's side had a feeling of breeze and grass.

It seemed that because Representative Chiaki often ran around the academy and then returned to the small garbage house, Kato Akira always felt that the smell of Representative Chiaki beside him had a sense of security like the deep forest.

He once sat across the wall from this taste, and once shared his thoughts and Orphee's story unilaterally.

To her, Kato Akira might not be a strange person. But to Kato Akira, the smiling Representative Chiaki beside him is a real mystery.

Why was she following him? Why did she help him to deal with the Rudolph symbol? And why was she dragging him towards Tokyo Tower like this? Everything was confusing to Kato Akira.

"You must be wondering now, why am I looking for you, right?"

"……Um."

"It's okay, you can think about it, and I will tell you the answer when we have dinner tonight."

"We still have to wait until evening for dinner?"

"Yes."

Facing Kato Akira who was deeply shocked, Chiaki nodded as if it was a matter of course.

"Going to Tokyo Tower, eating, and then returning to the dormitory, isn't this a normal process? Is it so strange?"

"No, but you..."

Isn't it a little bit wrong for you, a high school student, to take me, an adult, to visit Tokyo Tower and then have a meal?

And I have to state in advance that I won’t spend a penny.

But, as if he could read what Kato Akira was thinking, after the taxi stopped steadily under the Tokyo Tower, Representative Chiaki waved his hand to indicate that he would pay.

Looking at Representative Qianming who skillfully stretched out his black card to swipe it, and facing the taxi driver's sharp, interrogating gaze, Kato Akira always felt a little uncomfortable.

If you don't want your own money or anything else, then you probably want your own people, right? What do you want?

After getting off the taxi, Representative Qianming once again naturally grabbed Kato Akira's shoulder and pointed to the top of the huge tower.

"I heard there will be a Kabuki performance at the Tokyo Tower exhibition platform today. Shall we go and see it together?"

"So why me..."

"Are you going to talk about such boring things at this time?"

Eyes that were almost the same color as the now clear sky looked at Kato Akira and blinked slightly.

"Ah Ming, you really don't understand romance. When facing your girlfriend's request, you should answer 'yes'. That's the correct answer, right?"

"No, Representative Qianming, I really want to know the answer."

Kato Akira struggled to break free from Representative Chiaki's grip, looked at the smiling Umamusume in front of him and expressed his will and thoughts.

"I feel like a blindfolded pirate walking on the deck. I don't even know what the abyss beneath my feet looks like. I am also a human being, and I have the right to know."

"Even if it means betraying your current life? If you know some things, it will be a different matter."

"That's better than living in fear and ignorance, being played with by you and Rudolph."

"Let's not talk about Rudolph for now. I don't mean to play with you..."

With a pursed mouth as if feeling aggrieved, Representative Chiaki smiled again and put his hand on Kato Akira's shoulder.

"At least, let's finish watching this Kabuki performance. I'm really looking forward to it, so please, I'll tell you after that."

"……it is good."

Looking at Representative Chiaki's sincere expression, and thinking about her actions so far, Kato Akira nodded calmly to the Triple Crown horse girl who seemed to be waiting for his answer.

Chapter 20: The Strange One (Part 1)

…No wonder they had to catch someone, it’s watched in pairs.

Standing at the door of the Kabuki stage and watching the members taking their seats one after another, Kato Akira finally figured out why Representative Chiaki had brought him in.

If I remember correctly, according to the setting, Chiaki really likes Kabuki and often goes out to watch various Kabuki performances during breaks. And because he lives alone, there is no problem with time.

Well, there is indeed no problem with Representative Qianming, but there is a problem with the way he, a school worker, lives in the dormitory.

Who is the adult after all?

After Kato Akira complained in his heart for a while, he found a double seat and sat down.

Representative Chiaki, who had been silent when they were in the elevator just now, waited until Kato Akira sat down. Then he sat down in the seat next to him with some comfort and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

“Phew…that’s great.”

"Ah? Was there anything that made you nervous just now?"

"The elevator, I'm a little uncomfortable with it."

Representative Chiaki, who was sitting on a chair, looked at Kato Akira beside him and gave a somewhat awkward smile.

"Are you surprised? I'm not very good at taking elevators, and I really want to see the Kabuki performance by the prostitutes this time, so I'm leaving it to you."

"In fact, if you tell me directly, I probably won't reject you."

"Here we go again, Ming. You will definitely say that you have work to do, so you can't just go out and play, right?"

"..."

It seems true.

Looking at Representative Chiaki's pale face, Kato Akira thought for a moment and found that he seemed unable to refute her words.

Compared to Representative Chiaki, an old man who has already completed the entire race and can only run the Dream Cup for entertainment, Kato Akira really wants to become a trainer as soon as possible and find a horse girl who suits his taste to train.

If he had to choose to be dragged out by Representative Qianming to watch this damn Kabuki show, in most cases he would choose to go to the grove and meet the two little guys.

"The show is about to begin. Pay close attention."

Representative Qianming looked at Kato Akira with an indifferent smile, then turned around and looked intently at the gradually rising stage.

The worldly talk and wild talk, the wandering girl.

The strong and handsome man with gorgeous makeup and clothes performed a love story about a courtesan and a samurai in the Edo period on the stage using complicated equipment.

The story tells of a down-and-out samurai who was saved by a prostitute, but he did not take the prostitute's sincerity into consideration at all. He was only obsessed with power and desire, and finally fell into the abyss.

To be honest, Kato Akira was not very interested in this culture. In his eyes, the kabuki actors who performed in a slanted manner were all strong men. The exaggerated body movements, noisy music and stage settings together performed a Ukiyo-e.

But this kind of beauty is very wonderful in the eyes of Kato Akira. These people describe the stories of ordinary people, but Kato Akira himself, who is really struggling, does not like such artistic creation. He prefers to see something simple and direct. And looking around, most of the people who can really appreciate it are those who are dressed in gorgeous and luxurious clothes.

There were also a few bumpkins like Kato Akira who had sneaked in. After their eyes met, they could only smile at each other awkwardly and wait for time to pass.

This type of Kabuki performance does not last particularly long, just one hour.

Soon the stage dispersed and the story had come to an end.

The courtesan who had given her heart to the warrior finally raised her hairpin in the face of his cruel look, and the scene ended in a sea of ​​scarlet blood.