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

Cai Zhigao picked up a piece of meat, blew it carefully to cool it down, and then put it to Zhuo Fu's mouth. Seeing this petite and cute horse racing girl open her mouth and eat it obediently, he smiled with satisfaction:

"We'll just eat and drink as much as we can. After all, it's Neon Tresen who's treating us—"

"kindness!"

Zhuo Fu picked up the glass and took a big gulp of sparkling wine. Then she picked up the bowl with a happy look on her face. Together with Cai Zhigao, she picked up various cooked ingredients from the steaming hot pot and started eating them.

The two of them were sitting here enjoying their meal, and gradually they could hear the sound of a conversation coming from far away:

"Bourbon, what do you think is wrong with my cornering skills now? Why do I always feel like something is missing?"

"Stardust Illusion, your movements are still not up to par. First, your arms are swung 2cm too high, and then your body's center of gravity tilts a second late when you turn..."

"Ah, forget it, Bourbon, your request is too detailed. It's impossible to achieve it with such detailed data, right? I can't be as precise as you in every movement of running at full speed... Oh, if only Kouri-mao was here, it would be easy to understand every time she explains it to me."

"?!"

Zhuo Fu's ears suddenly stood up. She raised her head from the bowl and looked in the direction of the sound.

From the conversation just now, Zhuo Fu accurately heard a name that she had been thinking about day and night recently: Stardust Illusion!

"Master said that Stardust Illusion, you are an intuitive person, which is different from my training method."

The indifferent horse girl with long chestnut hair, Miura Bhopone, was talking to the horse girl with short brown hair next to her. As they talked, they walked towards the seats next to each other.

At this moment, Zhuo Fu could no longer see anything else.

She was very sure that the brown-haired horse racing girl with a smirk not far away was the runner she saw in the video of the race: the stardust illusion with an explosive running style!

"Hey!" Zhuo Fu immediately stood up and waved at the two of them. "Hello! Can we talk?"

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By the time the four of them sat down again, the number of hot pots in front of them had increased to four.

The intelligent, sturdy blond horse girl looked at the four pots of ingredients piled up like a volcano in front of her, and her face twitched:

"Isn't this too much? I heard that this hot pot is the size of a Japanese sumo wrestler. Zhuo Fu and I only need one."

"Well, Stardust Illusion requires about two pots plus a 70% pot." Miura Bourbon, who was sitting on the other side, replied calmly.

"Eh? Is that true? More than what we eat?"

This was the first time that Cai Zhigao had encountered this type of horse girl, and her face was full of curiosity.

This Miura Bourbon can't possibly be the latest mechanical horse girl developed by Japan?!

"You are Stardust Illusion, right?!" Beside the two people who were talking, Zhuo Fu leaned forward towards Stardust Illusion who was sitting opposite her.

Looking at her eating and drinking, Zhuo Fu's eyes sparkled: "In that videotaped match, it was you!"

"I'm Zhuo Fu! I came to Neon this time just to see how you run! I want to compete with you!"

"Zhuo Fu..." Stardust Illusion looked at the girl in front of him and quickly swallowed the food in his mouth.

The horse girl in front of her, with her petite figure and passionate and pure eyes, reminded her of another runner with the same characteristics: the Emperor of the East Sea.

"As long as I can become a professional horse girl, make a name for myself in G1 events, and earn enough prize money, then Grandma Hyde won't have to work as hard as she does now."

"So, I won't lose to you!"

"..."

Want to run for the bounty for grandma?

I used to think the same way, running to supplement the family income... However, this level of awareness was too shallow, which is why I lost to the Emperor of the East China Sea in the debut battle.

But after that, many people taught themselves, allowing themselves to have a greater awareness and be able to devote their whole body and soul to running.

And because of this, this increasingly heavy burden will make her stronger.

This girl who seemed to be forgotten by gravity, Stardust Illusion has been obsessed with her ever since he saw that video, and wants to compete with her with all his strength in the arena!

Better remind her.

Thinking of this, Stardust Illusion looked at the girl in front of him, sighed, and said:

"I won't lose to you either, Zhuo Fu. Because it's not just you. I also have many reasons why I can't lose. My family, my friends, my trainer... and I myself will not allow myself to lose any game."

For companions...

Zhuo Fu thought of the sisters who took care of her in the team and was stunned for a moment.

Although the academy did not value smaller runners like her, after she found a way to become the exchange student team's life assistant, every runner in the team took good care of her and even helped hide the supervisors and general affairs so that she could train with them.

Yes... She is not just running for her family. She cannot lose the race easily for the sake of her elder sister who has always taken care of her and Cai Zhigao who is always by her side!

"You're right, Stardust Illusion. For everyone, we must fight with all our strength!" Zhuo Fu's expression turned firm. She nodded vigorously, picked up the cup in front of her, and raised it to Stardust Illusion, "Cheers!"

"Oh!"

Seeing Zhuo Fu's expression change, Stardust Illusion also realized that she understood what he meant:

"Let's fight it out on the field."

Following the atmosphere, she also picked up the drink next to her, raised her head and drank most of it in one breath...

"Pfft—this is wine!"

However, as the drink flowed into her throat, she immediately realized that something was wrong, but she had already swallowed it completely.

"Eh? This is just sparkling wine." Zhuo Fu replied in confusion.

Although she is not very old, she is often taken out to eat by other sisters in the team, and they basically drink this to quench their thirst together.

After all, it was just a single-decant alcoholic beverage, so she didn't realize there was anything wrong.

But Stardust Illusion is different.

Since she traveled through time, she had been living a relatively poor life in the countryside. After she started participating in competitions, she was busy with training every day. It can be said that she has never touched a drop of alcohol in this world of Uma Musume.

At this moment, Stardust Illusion began to feel dizzy and her heartbeat accelerated. Her cheeks quickly turned red and her eyes began to become blurred.

"Stardust Illusion...are you okay?" Zhuo Fu asked cautiously, looking at her opponent who was already starting to shake.

"Is it true? You get drunk after just one breath of alcohol?" Cai Zhigao, who was sitting nearby and talking with Miura Bopong, looked over with surprise.

"Stop making so much noise! ​​I'm not drunk!" Stardust Illusion immediately retorted with the classic drunkard's line. She staggered to her feet and shouted at the three people in front of her:

"I'm not drunk at all! Not only am I not drunk, but I'm in full swing! Whether it's Zhuo Fu or the Noble Family, I will win them all! Hahahahahahaha!!!"

Miura Bourbon, who was sitting nearby, stuffed the tofu into her mouth and turned to look at the drunken Stardust Illusion. Even she couldn't help but have a hint of doubt in her mind:

Why does her laugh now sound so much like the Master's?

“Um…” Stardust Illusion wanted to make a scene, but suddenly covered his mouth and stopped with a sullen look on his face, “No… It hurts so much… But this can’t stop me!”

“… Uh, why isn’t it morning yet? Whatever, let’s start today’s slope practice!!!”

"Is she okay?"

Zhuo Fu and Cai Zhigao looked at the Stardust Illusion that rushed out of the store in shock, then turned to look at Miura Bourbon and asked.

"My Master's order is for me to follow the Stardust Illusion, so I'll take my leave here."

"Okay, please give a message to Stardust Illusion for me, telling her that I will definitely compete with her in the training match and thank her for her advice today!" Zhuo Fu waved her hand and said goodbye to the two.

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And at this moment, while these people were showing off.

In the deepest room of the store, the two leader-level horse girls also discussed and came to a decision.

"How about our two teams have a training match tomorrow to kick off this exchange and learning?"

At this moment, the noble family had a calm face and sharp eyes. She sat upright in the chair with her back straight, appearing very confident and authoritative.

The corners of her mouth were slightly raised at this moment, and there was a hint of arrogance in her eyes, as if everything was under her control. She folded her hands on the table, tapping her fingers lightly, as if she was thinking about the next strategy.

“Of course. Rather, my trainers and players have been looking forward to this for a long time. We have heard that the French exchange student team is world-class strong. It is a good opportunity for them to see the roots of our Japanese Uma Musume. Don’t be surprised then.”

Sitting opposite the French tyrant is the neon symbol of Emperor Rudolf.

At this moment, she was smiling, with a friendly look in her eyes, giving people a sense of intimacy. She was also leaning forward slightly, showing a listening attitude.

But the person standing behind Rudolph could tell that although these two looked calm and composed, their auras were actually engaged in an invisible confrontation within this space.

"Hahahaha, then it's settled. Our team will send seven people... no, eight people to participate." The prominent family spread out their hands and discussed the details of the competition. "As for the choice of competition, how about the 7m middle distance race?"

"..." Rudolph leaned back slightly and did not answer immediately.

Qi Cao immediately understood the meaning of this, and she said directly: "According to the information submitted, it seems that the exchange student team only has 7 people, even including you, the lord of the prominent family? Do you want to add more players temporarily?"

"Ah, I just happened to find an interesting child when I came here. I have to give her a chance."

The noble family's mind flashed back to the petite figure carrying the luggage and her magical legs, which were superficially described as understated.

"But this is difficult to arrange." Qicao controlled the tone and spoke in a very ambiguous way.

"I know what you mean, Queen."

The prominent family shrugged and said, "I won't show my domain-level strength in this competition. Can you rest assured? This exchange and learning is ultimately for the purpose of training new people. I know this."

"Please make your own judgment on this point, Noble Clan." Rudolph did not immediately accept Noble Clan's proposal. Instead, he smiled and suggested, "We still have time to decide whether to use the domain on the field."

"Oh?" The noble family tilted his head slightly, with an interested look on his face. "So, Emperor, do you think there might be an opponent in the game who needs me to use that skill? This makes me even more curious. Could this person... be the first place in the previous training match?"

“I remember the name is, Stardust Illusion, right?” At this point, the prominent family’s face suddenly turned gloomy.

Qi Chou suddenly felt that the air in the entire room was almost frozen in place. She even had difficulty breathing, as if someone was strangling her throat.

The strength of the entire body was slowly being drained away by something invisible, like chains gradually spreading throughout the body, completely wrapping and locking oneself up.

Is this the tyrant, the noble family? !

"That horse girl, is she a newcomer who just debuted? And she happens to be the leading horse... Could it be that there is some conflict between you two, so you want me to destroy her completely?"

The noble family slightly raised their eyelids and looked at the calm and composed symbol of Rudolph in front of them.

"How is that possible? Even a leader of a prominent family shouldn't speculate about the president like this—" Qicao had just mustered up the courage to speak up for his president when Rudolph, who was sitting in front of him, raised his hand to stop him.

"Come on, Aristocratic Family was just joking - right?" Rudolf smiled and cast his gaze towards the tyrant in front of him.

"Hey, since you, the Emperor, have chosen me so highly, that means there will be some unexpected runners among the contestants this time, right? It doesn't matter who they are. I will take good care of them."

"But when the time comes...if someone really gets screwed, don't blame me."

This French noble horse racing girl, who exuded a dark aura, grinned happily: "I'm really looking forward to it. What kind of opponent will I meet tomorrow?"

“I hope… they can let me see the vast world of runners.”

Chapter 68 Ikaros Flies to the Sun

April 1st morning.

Central Teresin College, 2400m simulated competition training ground.

The weather that started to change yesterday did not improve this morning, and it continued to rain heavily all day, which affected most of the open-air competition venues to varying degrees.

It is not an exaggeration to call the racetrack in the venue a heavy horse racing field.

It's already winter here, and with the drizzle, the temperature has dropped a few degrees.

But even in such a harsh environment, the audience's enthusiasm was still high.

Originally, most of the people living in Central Tresen College were Uma Musume fans. Now they know that today there will be a competition between the French exchange student team and the Japanese active Uma Musume team.

As long as people could spare the time, they came with umbrellas and filled the stadium's auditorium.

Although this race is not an open-level event, its importance in the eyes of these enthusiasts is no less than that of a G1-level race.

If you ask why, the visitors are from the country of the Arc de Triomphe, the horse racing girls of France!

Even the leader of the team was the prominent family who had once crushed the hopes of the Japanese at the Arc de Triomphe, and now they were heading to Japan again.

This kind of event is hard to come by even if you spend every day at major competition venues. Only in the Central Tresen College can you enjoy this kind of benefit.

Today's competition venue is a counterclockwise simulation of the 2400m track of Tokyo Racecourse.

Such a track at the middle-distance limit is a test of endurance for every horse racing girl. Coupled with the muddy grass racecourse, the endurance consumption is further increased.

Although the game has not officially started yet, everyone present understands that this game will most likely end up being dragged into a tug-of-war of endurance.