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

Chapter 4: Debuting that year, standing like a minion

One o'clock in the afternoon, at the entrance of Zhongjing Racecourse.

Stardust Illusion, holding a shopping bag in her hand, had already put on a pair of brand new running shoes. Standing at the entrance of the racecourse, she looked up.

Although Chukyo Racecourse is not one of the top racecourses in Japan, it is adjacent to Nagoya City and is directly managed by the Central Racing Association, so its facilities and events are quite good, and it can at least support G1-level competitions.

And in this world of Uma Musume, there is nothing more worth looking forward to than coming here in your spare time to watch a pleasing, exciting and eye-catching Uma Musume competition.

Just by standing at the door, Stardust Illusion could feel the prosperous atmosphere created by the tens of thousands of Umamusume fans who were attracted to today's debut match in Chukyo this weekend.

Probably a large part of them came for the Emperor of the East China Sea.

"I have to earn the bounty here, at least in the top five..."

Looking at the Zhongjing Racecourse, thinking of the famous events in his memory and the bounties that could make one's blood boil, Stardust Illusion secretly set a goal for himself.

At least we should stop our family from worrying about financial problems, and work hard to win 1000 million yen!

With this thought in mind, she handed in the registration list and went to the interview venue indicated by the staff. It was said that she had to conduct an interview here before starting the competition - it was obvious which horse girl was being treated specially for her debut battle.

As soon as she arrived at the interview site, Stardust Illusion saw the most conspicuous figure in the crowd: the Emperor of the East China Sea who she had met this morning.

Seeing Stardust Illusion coming, the emperor turned around excitedly and waved at her vigorously, motioning her to come and sit next to him. The horse racing ladies and reporters next to her also cast curious glances over, wanting to see clearly who deserved such special treatment from this debuting genius.

"This……"

Under such circumstances, it was not easy for Stardust Illusion to directly reject the emperor's kindness. She could only bite the bullet and sit down next to the Emperor of the East China Sea to officially start the news interview.

"East Sea Emperor, today is your official debut match. For the rest of your competition career, do you have any goals or prospects?"

"Of course it's the undefeated triple crown!!!"

"Emperor, according to the data collected so far, you are the most popular in this debut competition. I have conducted two questionnaire surveys and both of them believe that you have the highest probability of winning the first place in this debut competition. What do you think?"

"I will run as hard as I can. Thank you for your support!"

"Do you think there are any opponents in this competition that deserve your attention? Or any opponents that pose a threat to your taking first place?"

"I think everyone will be running hard to get first place, so everyone deserves attention!"

"..."

From Stardust Illusion's perspective, this interview was extremely torturous.

She sat next to the most popular Emperor of the East China Sea, and could only stand there stiffly, even giving up all thinking.

Because everyone's cameras and video camera lenses were pointed at this side, but not even one reporter wanted to ask her what she thought.

In name, it was an interview event for all Uma Musume's debut, but the focus was entirely on the much-anticipated genius, the Emperor of the East Sea. Stardust Illusion wished he could become a transparent person, so that at least he could sit more comfortably.

She understood this situation very well. After all, the media did not need the speeches of some unknown people to fill their reports. Even as a role to set off the emperor, there was no place for a country horse racing girl like her.

Soon, the interview came to its final moments.

Stardust Illusion, who hadn't said a word, heaved a sigh of relief, stood up, hung the cyan number plate with number 7 on himself, then walked to the center of the venue, stood at the side and took a group photo with the thirteen horse girls.

"What a genius... I'll make her pay when the time comes!"

Swish! Swish! Swish!

As the cameras of major media outlets flashed, Stardust Illusion vaguely heard a horse girl nearby complaining through gritted teeth, but before she could find out who said this, the interview had officially ended.

The reporters walked out the door one after another, and the Emperor of the East China Sea finally put aside the business smile on his face and walked to the side of Stardust Illusion.

"Don't take it too seriously. They don't understand why we're running."

The emperor had a bright smile on his face. She stood on tiptoe and patted Stardust Illusion's shoulder, comforting him in a mature manner.

"I'm fine." Stardust Illusion shook his head.

"Eh? Stardust Illusion, you have a really good attitude."

The words of the East China Sea Emperor sounded a bit sarcastic to most people, but Stardust Illusion did not have that misunderstanding. After all, she had watched anime and played games in her previous life, so she knew very well that this child was the most innocent and would not have that kind of thoughts.

"Today is our debut match. It looks like the inconclusive race this morning will finally have a winner. I'm really looking forward to it!"

The two of them walked side by side into the racecourse. The emperor was lively and circling around the stardust illusion. He tilted his head to look at her and mentioned what happened before.

"I'll do my best."

Stardust Illusion naturally knew why she brought up that matter, and replied with a smile.

Are you really looking forward to...?

Indeed, even for her sister, she had to run as fast as she could. Although she had no confidence that she could beat the Emperor of the East China Sea here, as long as she was in the top five of the Uma Musume race, she would be considered a winner. The second place would not only get enough bounty, but also accumulate a share to go to the next level of high-reward race.

So, she wants to earn it all with these feet!

"Emperor of the East China Sea, Miss Emperor of the East China Sea?" A voice came from behind, interrupting their conversation.

"The TV station said they want to do an exclusive interview with you. Please come over if you are free." The two turned around and saw the staff member who had just received the horse girl at the entrance. He also saw the East China Sea Emperor looking back and quickly waved and shouted over here.

"Then I'll go over there, and see you on the field!" The emperor said goodbye excitedly, turned around and ran over there.

"Oh, then goodbye!" Looking at the emperor who obediently ran to the staff and was wearing a hat that seemed to be covered with sponsor logos, Stardust Illusion was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He could only wave at her and continue walking towards the stadium.

It seems that everyone has their own difficulties. For example, a popular horse like Emperor of the East China Sea cannot have peace even during her debut battle. With interviews coming one after another, I wonder if it will affect her preparations for the exercises later.

But in the final analysis, the emperor's goal and his own were not in conflict. Even if she got first place, he only needed to be second. There was no need to have any bad intentions and expect her to affect the competition due to lack of preparation.

"Okay, the goal is to get the second place in the debut competition. Come on, Stardust Illusion!"

The sound of self-encouragement echoed in the deserted corridor.

Chapter 0 Tieba T Cold Joke Luna

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the 1800-meter race was held in the open air at Zhongjing Racecourse.

Stardust Illusion and the other thirteen horse girls have all entered the venue and are now moving their bodies freely in the venue to warm up.

In half an hour, they will have their debut match and start their professional careers as racehorses.

At this moment, she was squatting in the pasture, slowly stretching her limbs, while studying the horse girl breeding system in her mind.

After studying this system, she found that there were not many ways to operate it. She could not simulate training to improve her attributes, nor could she spend money to buy any abnormal abilities. The only help that could be provided to her at present was to purchase skills and digitize her physical fitness.

Although her physical fitness after being digitized did not increase, it could greatly enhance Stardust Illusion's stability when running. As for purchasing skills, the system was generous and put all the skills she could obtain in the national server before crossing over in the list.

Now all she had to do was use the remaining 573 PT points to choose the right skills to purchase and increase her chances of winning this game.

“As expected, I still have to think around this inherent skill…” Stardust Illusion thought as he looked at the inherent skill that had been loaded into the character panel: Miracle Runner of Holy Night.

"Given my attributes, if I want to stably trigger this inherent skill, I need to have at least 4 blue skills. So the choice I should make now is..."

[Straight Line Recovery]: Will slightly restore physical strength while walking in a straight line.

[Move with the Trend]: When going uphill, you will be less likely to get tired (slightly restore your strength)

Spend 360PT to purchase these two recovery skills.

"Then among the remaining skills... passive skills should be more reliable, right?" Stardust Illusion thought so, and used the remaining 213 PT points to purchase the remaining two skills:

[Non-standard distance o]: Become slightly better at non-standard distances.

[Counterclockwise o]: Become slightly better at counterclockwise tracks.

"Do you know the Emperor of the East China Sea?" The horse girl with short reddish-brown hair suddenly spoke.

This horse girl and Stardust Illusion got to know each other after arriving at the competition venue. After all, this horse girl actually appeared in Stardust Illusion's memory: her name was Excellent Quality.

"It's not like we know each other. We just met once in the shopping street this morning."

The Stardust Illusion answered casually while stomping on the spot to stretch its body.

"Ah! Is it the incident this morning where the emperor arrested a robber in the act? I saw it in the news report at noon." The excellent quality suddenly dawned on him.

“It was reported so quickly?”

Upon hearing this, Stardust Illusion smiled and shook his head.

As expected of a big star and talented horse racing girl, even her every move would be watched by people. She was obviously at the scene at that time, but no one paid any attention to this matter. It can be seen from her excellent quality that her figure obviously did not appear in the report at all.

Thinking of this, she raised her head and looked around.

The soft and slightly moist grass, the azure blue sky above, the crowded spectator stands around, and the horse racing ladies doing their own things on the field.

Watching all of this and feeling the increasingly tense atmosphere in the air, Stardust Illusion couldn't help but close his eyes slightly, and his ears with white tips and red bottoms on his head trembled slightly.

What was this feeling? Her body was calling out to her. It seemed to have its own consciousness, driving her to participate, to fight, to win the game.

"Excellent quality. Who do you think will win today?"

Stardust Illusion suddenly asked.

"Eh?!" After being asked this question, the girl with excellent qualities even stopped warming up. She stood there in a daze, as if she didn't expect the person in front of her to ask so directly.

“Anyway, I’m going to run to get first place!” As if sensing her own hesitation and lack of confidence, the horse racing girl kept declaring.

"Then we have to defeat the Emperor of the East Sea."

Stardust Illusion recalled the scene this morning and couldn't help but clench her right hand into a fist. The feeling of running but being overtaken by others was powerless... Even if her goal was just the bounty, she still found it difficult to accept.

What will happen during the competition?

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"Qi Cao, what do you think of excellent qualities?" Rudolph asked, standing in front of the window of the viewing room and looking at the people below.

"Are you asking if she can threaten the emperor?"

Qi Cao still stood beside the emperor like a personal secretary.

She looked down at the excellent girl who was talking to another horse girl with short dark brown hair, recalled her training records at Tresen Academy, and replied:

"To be honest, statistically, she is still a little behind the Emperor. If she can make a breakthrough in this competition, she should be able to threaten her."

"Do we need a breakthrough..." Rudolf pondered over these words, slightly turned his eyes away, and seemed to be thinking about something without continuing to speak.

"Are you paying attention to the one next to you? I remember her name in the profile is... Stardust Mirage. What do you think of her?" Qi Cao also pointed at the horse girl standing next to Excellent Quality and continued:

"According to the records, Stardust Illusion is a horse girl who has not received formal training. Her registered address is also a local training academy. There is not much information. But generally, such cases will not be too strong - not every local horse girl is called Oguruma, right?"

"Oguruma?" Rudolph would certainly not forget this name. She had arrogantly barged into the student union activity room and asked to help him arrange for her to participate in the Japan Derby.

Although it failed in the end, the application at least prompted the Neon Racing Association to modify the derby registration conditions, and next year will be the first year that the new rules will be implemented.

After mentioning the name Ogurume, in Rudolph's symbolic eyes, the short-haired horse girl standing next to the excellent quality seemed to be ordinary, but there was always a kind of similarity between her and Ogurume that made her feel similar.

"I always feel that this horse girl is not simple." Rudolph frowned, "But, I can't be wrong about that look. She doesn't have much will to win."

“Not so simple?” Qi Cao also turned his attention to the horse girl named Stardust Illusion, but she couldn’t tell what the difference was.

"Well... judging by the pace she takes when she's moving her body and the way she stretches her legs, she shouldn't be weak."

Rudolph Symbolism explains:

"Each of her steps was very accurate, which is not a quality that most horse racing girls have. I always felt that there was something familiar in that step."

"As expected of Rudolf, the symbol of the emperor, you can see this kind of thing." Qi Cao praised the student council member beside him for his keen observation, and then seemed to remember something, and asked with a smirk:

"Could this be the opponent you are looking forward to, the one who can threaten the emperor and even take away her status as the winner?"

"Anyway, I've done everything I could for the emperor before my debut."

Rudolph stood in the viewing room, watching the horse racing ladies who had already started to enter the gate. The smallest child among them was still walking and waving to greet the audience.

Rudolf resisted the urge to run down and hug her, and stood there blessing the audience, "I hope the emperor will be successful."

"Indeed, all we can do now is to wish the emperor's child the best." Qi Cao also agreed.

"Eh?" Rudolph turned around in surprise and looked in the direction of the gas tank. She seemed confused by her bland reaction and repeated:

"What I mean is that I hope the emperor can succeed immediately."

"..."

Qi Cao felt a black screen in front of his eyes. This guy actually... suddenly told her that inexplicable joke at this time!

Chapter 6: The Fast Way of the Outsiders is the Real Fast Way