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

"Don't scare her, Trainer."

At the side, the smiling face of Wind God Enis also came over.

She stretched out her hand and forcibly turned Toyama's red head towards the stardust illusion.

In front of the Stardust Illusion was Toyama Crimson's face, which was trying hard to hold back a smile.

"You win, Stardust. You beat everyone and won the game!"

Enis the Wind God told her the result of the game.

"..."

"Toyama Scarlet of Tamamo! You're lying even though you're a horse girl! Are you worthy of being called a trainer?... It hurts!"

The game is over, and it’s finally time to mutter again (

This Japan-France exchange competition is the final climax of the first volume. Next, we will begin to jump out of the field of training and simulation competitions and prepare to enter the competition of public events.

The title of the next volume should be: Classic Triple Crown, I’m here to take you…right?

Let me first talk about the idea of ​​this competition. It is actually quite clear. If we use the idea of ​​Uma Musume as a game, we can understand it as follows:

In the early stage, she took the lead, in the middle stage, Zhuo Fu exerted her strength, and Stardust Illusion's position awareness broke out. The two competed, but lost, and their physical strength began to be seriously insufficient.

Then the nobles started to gate people in, pulling everyone into a slow pace.

The Stardust Illusion triggered the uphill golden return, which in turn triggered the Holy Night, replenishing the physical strength that would not have lasted until the end of the game, and began to speed up, breaking through the slow rhythm.

At the final turn, it is equivalent to activating (Victory Shot) and (Arc Expert) at the same time. As I have emphasized before, this track simulates the Tokyo Derby track, so triggering these two skills here is equivalent to perfectly launching the final speed-saving charge.

After all, if you have played Uma Musume, you should know that in the Taurus Cup Derby, the two most useful skills are Red Flame and Victory Shot, both of which perfectly trigger the acceleration of 2.

Let’s change it to our understanding of the Umamusume anime.

That is, Zhuo Fu is better at straight tracks, so she wants to wait until the final straight before starting her final burst.

But the protagonist broke through himself, mastered the skills of accelerating on corners, and increased his speed to the peak in advance at the final corner.

It's just like the pursuit problem explained earlier.

At the beginning, everyone was slowed down by the prominent family, and the protagonist's original maximum speed was lower than Zhuo Fu's.

But because she accelerated earlier and reached her peak speed earlier, she actually surpassed Zhuo Fu in speed at the end of the game.

It can be said that the biggest reason for this victory is that Zhuo Fu has too little competition experience. She only considered starting the sprint in her most comfortable position, but did not consider where the opponent would explode.

This caused her to accelerate too late, and even though her top speed exceeded that of others, she did not have enough time to bring her speed back to its peak level.

This was also my original idea when designing this game.

Zhuo Fu, who is able to run without gravity, has reached the pinnacle of horse racing girl speed, surpassing everyone present. This is a talent.

The protagonist, who possesses an explosive running method that is equivalent to the zero-gravity running method, has a maximum speed that can only be said to be at the T1 level, but her greatest special feature is that her acceleration is higher and she can increase her speed in an instant.

It can be seen from the actual description in the game that the protagonist accelerates faster and leaves Zhuo Fu behind first, but Zhuo Fu's maximum speed is faster, so after speeding up, he can slowly catch up and then surpass her.

That’s about it.

The second point is the suggestions everyone gave me.

First of all, I would like to thank all the readers for telling me where I am lacking.

Regarding this competition, in order to reflect the elements of communication and growth, the protagonist was always looking at other people, which made it seem as if he was looking back and around frequently.

In fact, this was indeed my negligence, and also due to the limitations of the protagonist.

There are also situations of running, looking back, and even communicating in anime, so I thought there was nothing wrong with writing it this way.

But in reality, it’s not like what I wrote, where you keep reading it over and over again.

Why did this happen? Because the Stardust Illusion I wrote was a big escaper...

Since they were fleeing, it meant that there were probably almost no people ahead. If they wanted to observe other people, they could only turn around...

However, the suggestions everyone raised are indeed things that I have not paid attention to. Next time, I will not allow so many actions that may affect running speed to appear in the competition.

Even if I need to look at others, I will make sure to do so at a bend or something like that so that I can catch a glimpse of them out of the corner of my eye.

That’s about it, okay!

Chapter 93: What about the Emperor of the East China Sea?

Did I lose...?

The Japan-France simulation war has ended.

One-Move Runner : Stardust Illusion.

The second runner: a prominent family.

Three Runners: Golden Ship.

Four Runners: Miura Bourbon.

Five-Move Runner : Mejiro McQueen.

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And she only stood at the eighth position.

Zhuo Fu stood on the court, silently raised her head and looked up at the sky. No one could see her expression at that moment.

The audience seats around the stadium were still boiling with excitement, and the shouts shook the earth:

"It's amazing! Stardust illusion!"

"Champion! It's Neon's victory!"

“This is so wonderful!”

"Stardust Illusion, we love you!!!"

In the final moments of the game, she was defeated by the Stardust Vision.

The body, which was already tense and on the verge of limit, completely lost the last bit of strength.

I couldn’t even maintain the state of running to the finish line. One runner after another rushed past me, heading towards the finish line.

Lost... Not just lost to Stardust Illusion, but lost like a small fry.

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On the field, the commentator's final summary was still echoing:

[At the last moment of the game, contestant Stardust Illusion and contestant Zhuo Fu had a decisive battle at the final bend, but in the blink of an eye, Stardust Illusion left her far behind. Why? ]

[After all, judging from the last time, Zhuo Fu should have a greater advantage in terms of maximum speed. Whether it is the upper limit of speed or the time to maintain the maximum speed, Zhuo Fu is longer, right? ]

【This is because... acceleration. 】

Another host who was responsible for providing professional knowledge on the broadcast explained:

[It is indeed as you said. If it is a competition of extreme speed, then Stardust Illusion has no chance of winning.]

But she took a different approach.

The host who was in charge of the atmosphere took over at the right time and said: [Another way?]

[Well, in the final sprint, the difference between Stardust Illusion and Zhuo Fu's initial starting speed was not that far. But her sudden change in running style allowed her speed to burst out in an instant, with almost no interval from the initial increase to the limit.]

[This kind of acceleration is extremely rare, and Zhuo Fu, who runs at a light pace, can never do it. ]

[This also led to Stardust Illusion reaching its maximum speed ahead of time in the final turn, so she easily defeated Zhuo Fu and Wang Zu who were still speeding up, and then rushed to the finish line in one breath. ]

[It can be said that in this competition, the nature of that explosive running style played a key role in the end... Even if the ultimate speed is not as good as the opponent, it can still beat her in acceleration. This is the right choice made by Stardust Illusion. ]

[It sounds like Stardust Illusion won by experience in the final game? After all, she used to run like Oguruma and win by extreme speed. This time, she went against the grain and it was obviously intentional.] The atmosphere host sighed.

[Indeed, it can be seen that Zhuo Fu’s competition experience is quite insufficient, which caused her to start the final acceleration on this track too late...]

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

Listening to the voices of the two hosts, Zhuo Fu closed her eyes tightly and shouted towards the sky unwillingly.

Whether it was due to lack of experience or hesitation at the last moment, she just knew... that she lost the game at the last moment.

The sound also attracted her teammate who was very smart and not too far away.

"She must be upset to lose like this in her first match."

Cai Zhigao's face was full of worry, but he did not go forward to comfort her.

For professional runners, experiencing failure is a necessary part of the growth process.

There was certainly nothing wrong with Zhuo Fu's previous joy in enjoying the game.

But if you cannot experience the pain of failure, you will lack the determination to pursue victory compared to other runners.

Just like today, Stardust Illusion tried his best and didn't give up even when he ran until he fainted.

She supported her body and rushed to the finish line, then slowly fell down.

This persistence in winning forced everyone to cheer, even the losers like them.

At this moment, an unexpected figure walked into Cai Zhigao's sight and walked straight towards Zhuo Fu.

"—!"

She had just stretched out her hand and wanted to call Zhuo Fu when the other person was already standing in front of Zhuo Fu.

"Have you shouted enough?" the prominent family member said calmly.

"..."

Zhuo Fu lowered her head, her face a mess at the moment, and she didn't know whether it was rain or tears that were flowing freely.

The first time she felt the reality of failure, it felt like a huge hole had been opened in her heart, and she could no longer feel even the pain.

But even so, Zhuo Fu still gathered her spirits, stretched out her hand and wiped her face a few times before responding:

"Yes, sir..."

"From the look of you, you seem very unwilling, right? But it's no use, because a loss is a loss."

The prominent family put his hand on Zhuo Fu's shoulder, and a reassuring force passed into her body, making Zhuo Fu feel warm all over.

"This is just a training simulation game. Winning or losing is not the key."

At this point, the prominent family sighed.

At the last moment, she felt that the runner named Stardust Illusion could actually burst out the power of the domain.

At that time, she understood that the outcome of this game was no longer in suspense.

In this field, runners who possess this ability are one in a million even in the whole world.

It can be said that once a runner who has opened up the field appears on the field, it will be impossible for other opponents to compete with her.

At that last moment, the noble family almost wanted to burst out all their strength and domain, and show their strongest attitude to compete with this young bull.

But as she just said, this is just a mock match.

Rather than fighting with these newcomers for meaningless victories, it would be better to let others see the horror of the domain.

"Have you realized your own shortcomings?" asked the prominent family.

"Yes!!!" Zhuo Fu nodded vigorously, "But, I promised the noble family that I would definitely win this game..."

"Discovering everyone's shortcomings and then making up for them through training is the purpose of this exchange and learning."

"You said you wanted to be the best runner, right?"

The strongest runner.

Zhuo Fu stared at the prominent family in front of her in silence.

(Oh, I must become stronger.)