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

"The next game?"

When the Emperor of the East Sea heard this question, he was very excited and put his hands on his hips, raised his head and answered: "Do you even need to ask? Of course, I want to become a horse girl of the same level as the president. I have only one goal."

"That means the undefeated triple crown!"

When talking about this topic, Stardust Illusion could clearly see the emperor's eyes sparkling, as if they could emit light, and his longing look was beyond words, as if he was saying that he was born for this.

but.

but……!

"Emperor." said the Stardust Illusion.

"Hey, what?"

"Today is my first competition. It's my first time standing on the track and competing with other horse girls."

She lowered her head and said in a low voice, "From the start to the end of the race, it only took a few minutes in total, so short that it almost passed in the blink of an eye. After I finished the race, I couldn't help but wonder: Is this the end?"

"But in these few minutes, I realized one thing."

“No matter how many excuses you make for yourself, no matter what the reasons are, if you lose, you lose. In the end, only the one who runs first and crosses the finish line is the winner.”

"This time... you win."

Stardust Illusion stared at the eyes of the East Sea Emperor seriously and continued to say to her:

"You are really amazing, Emperor. But if your goal is the Classic Triple Crown, then I will definitely participate in that and do my best to defeat you!"

"Ah?" The excellent person standing nearby was stunned.

What's the situation now?

She lost to a genius in her debut battle, and then issued a challenge declaring that she would definitely win next time. Is she the protagonist who escaped from some hot-blooded comic book?

"Oh?"

When the emperor heard what Stardust Illusion said, the smile on his face became even brighter.

"It seems that we have similar ideas. I would be disappointed if I didn't have an opponent like you."

"The president once told me that if you want to achieve the undefeated triple crown, you must be the strongest horse girl who can defeat everyone."

"So, if you, Stardust Illusion, want to snatch this honor from me, then come on, and let me see who can surpass all the horse girls next year and stand at the top of the Triple Crown!"

After saying that, the emperor stretched out his white-gloved hand in front of him.

Stardust Illusion also stretched out his hand and high-fived him: "Then it's a deal. When the time comes, I will definitely let you see my true strength!"

What about me? !

Neiqia, who was standing aside, screamed in his heart out of embarrassment.

The two guys suddenly started to make an enthusiastic agreement as if they were the only ones around, completely forgetting the fact that she, the third one, was standing nearby.

"Really, two guys who have no idea what they are thinking."

She watched the two men high-five and laugh, touched her ears helplessly, and muttered to herself:

"After seeing this, how can I convince myself to choose an easier game...?"

Just try one more time and continue to choose the unwinnable middle-distance races.

Necha thought to himself.

Chapter 14: The Terrifying Hungry Beast Lisla

"I don't understand it either. Who knew that only the first place in the debut competition would get the prize money? I saw that for other competitions, you just need to enter... Don't worry, sister, I can just participate in the undefeated competition again."

It's another sunny day.

Stardust Illusion was sitting in a restaurant called Salia, with a plate of spaghetti bolognese in front of him that was almost finished.

At this moment, she was talking on the phone with an old mobile phone. The pair of white ears with red bottoms on her head were twitching, and she was obviously in a good mood.

Today is the day that Stardust Illusion has an appointment with Oguruma. In order to avoid being late, she came here early and took the opportunity to report her safety to her sister who is still in the hospital.

A slightly weak but gentle female voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Xingchen, as long as you can work hard, I will be satisfied. But you don't need to send the prize money home. I heard from the uncle in town that the horse racing competition really needs money..."

"It's okay, I'm fine!"

Stardust Illusion interrupted quickly. Although they were not talking face to face, she subconsciously smiled to comfort the other person.

"The family hasn't reached the point where they need your financial support yet." The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became serious.

"Stardust, when you told me a month ago that you wanted to participate in the Uma Musume competition, I was really happy because it was the first time you told me seriously that you wanted to do something. I believe you will succeed."

"But what if I become a burden to you at this time?"

"I never felt that my sister was a burden to me. Rather, this incident was my motivation."

Stardust Illusion immediately denied the other party's statement.

Even though she was just a person who traveled to this world, Stardust Illusion had seen how much her sister had done for her since she arrived here.

Even at this time, my sister is still thinking about her...

“Standing on that field, I really felt the joy of running, but running just for the sake of joy will not get you anywhere.”

Stardust Illusion recalled the previous competition and confided his inner thoughts to his sister on the other end of the phone.

"The weight of the East Sea Emperor's footsteps is far greater than mine. This is determined by how much he carries. So...carrying the responsibility of my sister and family will only make me run faster. It is definitely not a burden!"

“Stardust…”

"Well said, only horse girls whose steps carry enough weight are qualified to receive the highest honor!"

An old man with a white beard and wearing sunglasses and a fashionable look suddenly came over and sat opposite, continuing what Stardust Illusion said.

At the counter, she also saw a white-haired horse racing girl who had arrived at some point in time, walking towards her with a dozen bowls of food in each hand.

Stardust Illusion quickly apologized to the sister on the other end of the phone, then hung up the phone, stood up and bowed to the two people who came.

"I guess you two are Oguri Hat and trainer Rokuhei Ginjiro."

She might not be able to recognize the old man, but Oguruma's familiar appearance and figure were the ones she was most familiar with, not to mention that before she traveled through time, the Hat God was the character she used most often.

Even after the time travel, the horse girl who showed the Holy Night Runner to the Stardust Illusion was the Oguruma Christmas version.

Not to mention that the horse girl in front of him now brought at least ten times the amount of food she eats, who else could it be but the glutton Oguruma?

The old man Rokuhei Ginjiro was very polite. He reached out and helped Stardust Illusion up, then laughed:

“Hahahaha, I didn’t expect it to be such a little girl.”

He took the plate of food from Little Chestnut's hand and placed it on the table. Although he looked old, his hands were very reliable. He picked up the plate full of food with one hand without any trembling.

"Come on, Xiaoli, say hello to Stardust Illusion as well."

——!

The moment Oguruma looked at him, Stardust Illusion felt as if his heart was suddenly tightened by something.

But before I could even feel the fear, the feeling had already disappeared. I only saw Little Chestnut turning around with a silly look on his face, his cheeks puffed up with stuff, and he mumbled:

"Lu Hu, Wu Hu Hu Ku Wu! (Hello, I am Xiao Li Mao)"

Is this the monster on the field...?

Stardust Illusion and the two people opposite her sat back in their seats at the same time. Little Chestnut Hat picked up the bowl of rice without saying a word and started pouring it into her mouth, while the old man opposite her smiled at her friendlyly.

"Let's get straight to the point. I hope you don't mind. We don't have a lot of time, so we can only talk over dinner."

The old man said so.

"Regarding the video recording of your debut match in Stardust Illusion, Oguri, another trainer and I have repeatedly checked it. That running style is indeed very suitable for Oguri. Even my useless nephew thought you were Oguri's apprentice."

“This running method…”

Stardust Illusion didn't know how to explain to the two people in front of him. The Holy Night Runner skill that came from the system was obviously from the same school as Ogurtori's main body. He couldn't just say with a thick face that he figured it out himself, right?

"you misunderstood."

Ginjiro saw the embarrassed look on the horse girl's face and waved his hand quickly, "I don't mean to ask about the origin of this running method, I just want to express my admiration."

In Rokuhei's eyes, the running style of the horse girl in front of him was so closely matched with that of Oguruma, probably because she was secretly observing every race of Oguruma to achieve such a similarity.

She looked embarrassed now, obviously not being able to explain the situation, but the horse racing world would never prevent horse racing ladies from learning from each other. It would be better to say that it simply encourages such behavior.

Because only in this way can Uma Musume's speed continue to improve and create more and more exciting competitions.

"Anyway, I'd like to ask you to teach that running method to Xiaoli. As for what you need from Stardust Illusion, we will do our best to meet your needs. Even if we can't meet your needs, we will find someone else to do it."

It can be said that Rokuhei Ginjiro is determined to learn how to run this time.

After Oguri almost swept the Central Division in the first two years, the impact of injuries greatly increased in the third year, so she did not have very good results. Therefore, she decided that this year's Arima Kinen would be her last race.

This retirement match, which is also Oguri's third Arima Kinen Match, was decided by Oguri herself because she felt that she needed to push herself in order to have a chance to break through to a higher level.

As a trainer, Ginjiro Rokuhei definitely doesn't want Oguruma to have any regrets, so as long as there is any opportunity to make her stronger, Rokuhei will seize it.

"My conditions are very simple. Since you need me to teach that special running method to Oguruma, I also hope that you two can guide me in running training. Anything is fine."

Stardust Illusion stated the conditions that he had planned long ago.

After studying the system for a period of time, she realized that although the training of this horse girl would not allow her to achieve success overnight, as long as she persisted in various trainings, she would be able to improve her basic values ​​after a certain amount of time.

And depending on the intensity of training and the degree of adaptability, the attributes increased in the same period of time will also be different - this is the conclusion she came to after testing the teaching materials brought in by the local college and comparing them with the results of her own blind practice.

Therefore, if you want to achieve your goal and defeat the East China Sea Emperor on the stage of the Classic Triple Crown, you must get the best training methods and sparring partners.

They are the two people in front of you: the Heisei monster Oguruma, and the trainer who trained this best Ashigao horse girl of the year, Ginjiro Rokuhei.

"Wow?" Rokuhei Ginjiro's eyes sparkled, and he laughed, "I didn't expect that the person who took a fancy to was an old man like me, and wanted Oguri as a sparring partner."

"No problem, but she can't be distracted before Oguri's match, so I'm the only one who can free up to make a training plan for you."

"As for sparring, let's wait until she finishes the final Arima Kinen. Then we won't continue to refuse, right, Oguri?"

Xiaolimao struggled to break away from the ocean of food and nodded vigorously in response to Liuping's words.

Chapter 15: Running Training with Oguruma

Afternoon, at the Nagoya Racecourse.

Originally, Stardust Illusion wanted to start the training plan the next day, but Rokuhei Ginjiro wanted to start learning the Holy Night Runner method right away, so the three of them came here after dinner.

This place has been booked by Mr. Rokuhei to prevent the training information of Oguruma from being leaked, and Stardust Illusion can also enjoy the treatment of a top-level horse racing girl.

"After the warm-up exercises, you and Xiaoli will have a side-by-side running training. You know what side-by-side running training is, right?"

After spending a few hours together, Stardust Illusion discovered that this seemingly resolute and strict old man Liuping was not as serious as he appeared. As long as it did not involve matters related to Oguruma, he would talk to her in a friendly manner most of the time like he was doing now.

"Parallel running training?"

Stardust Illusion recalled the memories of the previous life. In the world of Uma Musume, parallel training can be simply understood as a mode in which horse girls conduct training matches together, but the purpose is not to compete for the first place, but to learn from each other.

"But, the gap between me and Oguruma..."

Stardust Illusion also knew her own limitations. Even in a training match, she was still very different from Oguruma, who was in peak form and preparing to challenge for the Arima Kinen Championship. So she answered hesitantly.

"It's okay. Xiaoli will run with you. The main purpose this time is to let her see your running style in a parallel race. You can also learn some experience from her, right?"

Xiao Limao, who was folded up on the ground, seemed to hear his name mentioned. He raised his head and looked at the two people who were talking with a confused look on his face. His ears twitched as if asking: What are you talking about?

"Xiaoli, we will be running side by side later. You must stay behind Stardust Illusion or observe beside it until the last 200 meters. You are not allowed to overtake it. Is that ok?"

Liu Ping asked.

"No problem, I will study hard."

When talking about issues related to running, the naive look on Xiaolimao's face became much less serious. She nodded and continued to stretch her soft body.

Seeing Oguruma's exaggerated stretching movements during warm-up, Stardust Illusion couldn't help but think of another horse girl who was called a genius because of her flexible body...

"It's very soft, right?" Liu Ping, standing aside, seemed to see what she was thinking at the moment, and he explained:

"Generally speaking, if a Umamusume's body can reach the level of flexibility of Oguri, it will be of great help to her running. It can be considered a ticket to the G1 class, but it comes with the risk of injury."

"In her third year of competition, Oguri has been injured many times for various reasons, which is the main reason why we decided to use Arima Kinen as her retirement match. After she retires, she can continue to run on the Dream Cup given by the Three Goddesses, so that her body will not be in as much trouble as it is now."