Uma Musume, do I have to tell you that I know how to use the Santa Hat special move?

This is the first time that the victory propaganda has no effect!

Is there something wrong with my startup? !

No, that can't be the case.

Stardust Illusion was very sure of this feeling in his heart, and there was definitely no problem with the way he ran.

Even without the assistance of system prompts, Stardust Illusion is very sure of this: this wild and uncontrollable throbbing in his heart is definitely a feeling that can only be produced by successfully performing the victory incitement.

The sudden increase in the sound of wind beside her ears also proved that her speed was definitely increasing.

But...why didn't I catch up?

The Stardust Illusion stared at the blue sky a horse's length away in front of her. Her running figure was full of rhythm and seemed to be not affected by her pursuit at all...

No, that's not right!

Stardust Illusion frowned and suddenly noticed something unusual.

I was speeding up, how could she not be overtaken if she didn't speed up? !

It was not until this moment that Stardust Illusion realized that the blue sky in front of her was not accelerating... but while she was accelerating, she was deliberately making a sense of balance as if she was not accelerating!

The desire to chase the opponent and take back the leading heart made Stardust Illusion not realize this for a moment.

At this moment, she looked at the blue sky in front of her again, and immediately felt the other party's strange steps, which were one step slower and then another step faster. The feeling of being constantly pulled away made Xingchen Huan feel very uncomfortable.

It was as if I could catch up if I tried harder, but I just couldn't cross the gap of a horse's length.

During this process, my physical strength was greatly consumed, and even my spirit was rapidly falling into exhaustion...

It was not until this moment that Stardust Illusion realized Qingyun Sky's true tactics.

The fact that he could pursue the enemy as it appeared before his eyes was nothing more than an illusion that Qingyun Tiankong had specially prepared for him to see...!

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Chapter 275: Defeated, but ok

"Come on, cross the finish line!!!"

Although it was too late for Kitahara to shout this as he raised his right hand in panic, he still used his instincts as a veteran trainer.

The other hand finally did its job, and as the two runners crossed the finish line, it pressed the stopwatch and recorded their finishing times accurately.

"Haha...haha...haha..."

Gasping in a trance, the stardust illusion followed closely behind the blue sky and stepped into the finish line.

In this side-by-side running training, no matter how hard Stardust Illusion charged, he was not able to successfully overtake Qingyun Tiankong. He could only watch her completely take the lead from beginning to end.

My chest was heaving violently and my energy consumption was obviously much faster than in a normal 1200m race.

Stardust Illusion was soaked all over, as if he had just been pulled out of the river, and he looked extremely disheveled.

It was difficult for him to even maintain the slow pace after the game. Stardust Illusion could only lean on the railing to rest for a while, allowing his almost exhausted body to regain some strength.

However, even though he was so tired that he couldn't even straighten his back, Stardust Illusion's eyes became brighter and brighter.

In this parallel running training, it can be said that Qingyun Tiankong easily defeated himself.

This overwhelming victory does not come from physical fitness or some difference in running skills, but something more.

It was difficult for Stardust Illusion to explain exactly how she lost the game, but she had a hunch that figuring this out would be an opportunity for her to improve her strength once again!

Being chased by an opponent of Stardust Illusion's level, even if Qingyun Tiankong had the whole game under his control, his physical energy consumption was still astonishing.

However, compared to Stardust Illusion, whose endurance is still a weakness, she still has a considerable advantage as she once demonstrated her escape skills in the 3000m track.

Now she still has some energy left and can walk on the track and adjust her breathing.

However, before she took a few steps, she felt a stinging sensation from behind. She turned around and met the high-spirited eyes of the Stardust Illusion.

"Hiss... I always feel a little uneasy when you look at me like this?"

Qingyun Tiankong touched the daisy hairpin on his forehead and continued jokingly:

"No matter how much you look at me like an animal, it's useless. Training twice a day is the basic principle and it won't change~"

“…What was that just now?”

"Eh?"

When Qingyun Tiankong heard this question, his ears on top of his head slowly turned as if he was confused.

"I mean, what was that feeling I had during the game just now?"

The Stardust Illusion asked again.

Of course, she also thought about whether she should think about it again on her own, or ask for help from Toyama Feihong who was already walking towards her.

However, she had a feeling that if she asked directly, perhaps Qingyun Tiankong would be able to give a more understandable answer.

But it is true that...

"Eh? Is it okay to just ask me like this~?"

Qingyun Tiankong did not expect that the Stardust Illusion would be so honest. Instead, he was stunned for a moment, then pointed at himself and asked for the third time as if to confirm.

"Well! Can you tell me?"

Stardust Illusion did not flinch at all and nodded vigorously.

"Hey, hey, hey, no matter how you look at it, asking directly like this is a bit too... should I say, without a sense of boundaries?"

Qingyun Tiankong exaggeratedly made a deflated gesture, then stood up again with his hands on his hips, his expression turning into a teasing one;

"We just agreed to run twice a day, right? There is no requirement for explanation and teaching, so even if you ask me, Stardust Illusion, there is no need for me to explain my own fighting method clearly."

"Ah - by the way, didn't you say yesterday that I have the potential to become a mother?"

Qingyun Tiankong said this, narrowing her eyes slightly. In her smile, even Stardust Illusion could sense her dark thoughts rising:

"If you want me to answer Qingjiang, it's not impossible, just call me mom..."

"Mama!"

Stardust Illusion shouted without any hesitation.

"Eh?"

"Mama! Mama! Mamamamamama!"

Seeing that Qingyun Tiankong didn't react, Stardust Illusion quickly changed his voice tone and shouted more than ten times in succession to prevent Qingyun Tiankong from not hearing clearly.

Then she stood up slowly with a normal expression and continued to ask:

"Can we talk now?"

"Ahahaha~ Stardust Illusion is such a strange child."

Qingyun Tiankong suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He just wanted to bring up the joke that Stardust Illusion made yesterday again and joke with her to change the subject.

After all, even if I explain the core idea of ​​[The Willing One Takes the Bait] in detail, the effect will be far less thorough than letting Stardust Illusion understand it himself.

Unexpectedly, she didn't care about the teasing at all. Instead, she called her mom without hesitation in order to find out the reason for her defeat?

(Hiss, I have a headache...)

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but take a breath.

Just when Qingyun Tiankong was racking his brains over how to start, Toyama Feihong, who had walked from the starting point, finally arrived here and took the initiative to speak and took over the topic:

"It's the rhythm! Stardust Illusion, you idiot, isn't the rhythm of this game completely controlled by others?!"

"Rhythm?"

Upon hearing this, the Stardust Illusion couldn't help but look puzzled.

"Don't you even understand what rhythm is? Isn't the essence of your escape to disrupt the rhythm of other runners?"

"My... great escape?"

Stardust Illusion then understood what the trainer was referring to.

Just as she said, when she used the Great Escape, the other runners had to change their running style and chase after her in order to avoid being eliminated too early.

In this process, more than half of the skills they were originally good at will become unusable, and they will not be able to exert their true strength.

That's what disrupts the rhythm.

So how did Qingyun Tiankong destroy its own rhythm?

I closed my eyes slightly, and the scene of the parallel running training just now echoed in my mind again.

Start...surpass...chase...finish...

In the dark mind, it was as if a flash of lightning passed through, dispelling the doubts of the stardust illusion -

“Is it the running style of Qingyun Tiankong, where it doesn’t seem to be speeding up but is always keeping a distance from me?!”

"That's it."

Hushan Crimson clapped her hands and walked to the side of Stardust Illusion, helping her to the rest area.

"She keeps an ambiguous distance from you, giving you the illusion that she can overtake you, deceiving or forcing you to keep exerting your strength and consuming extra energy by chasing you forward."

"On the other hand, he quietly accelerated while maintaining a seemingly constant speed, making it impossible for his opponent to catch up."

"In the process, you are completely deceived by this illusion and consume a lot of acceleration energy, so that in the end you can't fully exert it."

"..."

After listening to Toyama Feihong's explanation, Stardust Illusion finally understood what had happened when they were running side by side just now.

Qingyun Tiankong, had he already calculated all his thoughts in advance, and then made such a perfect deception...?

That's it, those who are willing to take the bait will do so.

"Blue sky!"

The Stardust Illusion suddenly turned around and shouted to the girl behind him.

"Hmm? If you want to know the principle, didn't Trainer Toyama explain it to you?"

"No, not that..."

Stardust Illusion continued to walk forward a few steps, then slowly pushed away Hushan Crimson and stood still again.

There was no trace of gloom in her expression. Her face was full of smiles, and she was shining with high morale like a little sun. She raised her fist towards the blue sky behind her:

"What I want to say is, let's start the second parallel running training right away... Please give me your advice!!!"

Chapter 276: The Birth of the Absolute Overlord

Central Tresen College, inside the sweet shop in the entertainment area.

"The birth of the absolute champion of the Tokyo Mile, a 12-length advantage, a G1 record tied and a record broken... Are you talking about Stardust Illusion and First Ruby?"

"Xiaoying has discovered from the beginning that Stardust Illusion is very powerful! Otherwise, I wouldn't have spent time training with her~"

The weird bird that once almost dominated the neon arena, the Eagle player proudly finished the burrito in a few bites and pointed at the magazine in front of him in a show-off manner.

Following the direction of Shenying's finger, Zhou Tebie saw the photo that was specially enlarged and took up almost half of the cover.

This photo was captured very cleverly, just when Stardust Illusion was halfway through the third turn, about to take off and make the final move.

The leg muscles tensed by kicking with all his strength, the ferocious face highlighted by clenched teeth, and the beads of sweat splashed in the face by the headwind were all clearly visible.

It can be said that this is a good photo that is good enough to compete for the best photography of the year.

However, Te Bie Zhou certainly knew that Shen Ying was not referring to this incident, but the running posture that Stardust Illusion subconsciously displayed when taking this photo.

Different from her usual forward-leaning running style, the Stardust Illusion in the photo has pushed the center of core strength backwards, and the running body leans forward, maintaining an almost parallel posture with the ground.

It's like... a fighter jet flying close to the ground, or what people called a strange bird back then.

"[Strange Bird], that's you, Little Eagle, right?"

Of course, Tokai Chou also had an impression of this posture. This was the unique running method used by his friend and rival, the horse girl, Condor.