The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

And Luduo also showed her strong side at this moment. When the reporter said that her beloved Kitano was a "mediocre trainer", all her previous calmness was shattered. At this moment, she was able to speak without yelling, which was considered to be very self-control.

But even so, Rudolph still swept her sharp gaze like a blade across every reporter. Her majesty made everyone in the audience shudder, and they all lowered their heads guiltily and trembled.

Seeing that he had calmed the situation, Rudolph finally spoke up, "As the student council president of Tresen College, I am one of the few people who is fully aware of the situation of Trainer Kitano's team. Therefore, on behalf of Tresen College, I would like to explain these rumors."

"I hope that this time, you can keep it out of context and not choose to attract attention and ignore the important content, okay?"

"First, regarding Sakura Shinou's decision to give up the Classic Triple Crown, as they said before, this decision was made by Trainer Kitano, who saw Sakura Shinou's advantage in short-distance events. Sakura herself has already acknowledged this."

"Therefore, considering Sakura Shinou's strengths, Trainer Kitano's decision to have her focus on short-distance events was a decision that everyone in the team, including Sakura Shinou, agreed with."

"I remember that Coach Kitano explained the above details when he first announced the decision, but I haven't seen any detailed explanation in your newspapers or magazines."

As he said this, Luduo's eyes, which seemed to be as sharp as a knife, swept over everyone again, causing these guilty reporters to lower their bodies again.

It has to be said that the Emperor's majesty is truly undeniable. His overwhelming power not only over Uma Musume, but also over all human beings, made the reporters feel like they were walking on thin ice, trembling with fear and not daring to speak.

However, Rudolf had not finished speaking. She had been upset for a long time because of the outside world's criticism of Kitano during this period. Now that she finally had an outlet to vent, she could not control her temper and finally began to explode.

"As for the loss in the Japanese derby—with the explanation given above, do I need to say more?"

"Sakura Shinou wasn't good at mid-range to begin with, and she took to the ring with the determination to fly on the grass in order to prove that her trainer Kitano's previous decision was correct. Her only goal was to prove that her trainer was a discerning talent scout, and not, as you call him, a 'mediocre trainer.'"

"This defeat proves that Trainer Kitano's initial decision regarding Sakura Shinou was correct. But now, you are using this as an excuse to attack such an excellent trainer from our Tresen Academy?"

"Faced with a trainer who long ago saw through the characteristics and strengths of each Uma Musume within the team and formulated the correct arrangements, you are now using this defeat to place this reputation on Trainer Kitano's head?"

"If you ask me, then—you are not qualified to judge him at all."

"Now, is there anyone who wants to stand up and say that Coach Kitano is a mediocre person?!"

Rudolph almost shouted the last sentence, but at this moment, the originally noisy reporters were like grass rolled over by wheels, with their heads lowered as low as possible, as if they were afraid that Rudolph would look at them, and no one dared to make even a sound.

On the side, the horse racing girls from all the teams did not feel nervous after seeing Rudolph's rare anger. Instead, they felt extremely happy in their hearts, and their expressions relaxed a lot.

Especially when Rudolph said, "You are not worthy of judging him at all," all the horse racing ladies, whether they had memories or not, felt that the anger in their hearts had finally been released.

If it weren't for the occasion, they would have applauded happily - President, you scolded me well!

If everyone in the team was dissatisfied with Rudolph's behavior of sticking to Kitano in a rather forceful manner by taking advantage of his position as student council president, now they seemed to understand all of a sudden why Rudolph could be the student council president.

Because for some things, they do not have the authority and status that Rudolph has. Rudolph can scold, reprimand, and even directly attack these reporters, but they cannot.

Even if it was Aldan, who had the same family status, he would have been unable to do anything in silence if he had not had Rudolph. The status of "Emperor" allowed Rudolph to enjoy an absolutely high status in the entire Japanese horse racing girl world. It could be said that she was the absolute authority in the horse racing girl circle.

And now, she supports Kitano, which can make these reporters shut up completely. Only she can do this, and there is no other Uma Musume present who can do it.

Letting them make a fuss will only make things worse, but Rudolph can put an end to all the rumors here. This is Rudolph's absolute position.

"I hope that next time, these rumors can be put to rest because of what I said this time."

After venting his anger, Rudolph ignored all his worries and turned to look at Kitano, who was holding Sakura Shinou's hand and was concerned about Shinou's mood. In a place where no one could see, Rudolph's expression softened. He slowly said, "Now, please leave it to me, Trainer Kitano."

This time... let me protect you. The rookie me of the past, without the ability or prestige, who didn't even dare to resist my family, now I can finally stand up and protect you.

This time, I will never let you be hurt by these criticisms again, absolutely.

"Well, I leave it to you, President."

Kitano also understood what was going on and nodded with a smile to Rudolph, who had now stood up to protect him. However, he soon turned his attention to Prince Jin. This incident must have been a huge blow to Prince Jin.

Okay, just talk to her. This has happened once and that's enough.

Chapter 344: The Liar Exposed

Kitano was very silent all the way back to Tresen Academy with Sakura Jinwang. Although he brought the entire team with him this time, Kitano took Sakura Jinwang back to the academy alone. He knew that Jinwang needed some time alone, so he was just escorting Jinwang back to prevent her from having a mental breakdown.

Everyone tacitly agreed to all of this. Although everyone was going back to Tresen Academy with Kitano and Sakura Shinou in the end, everyone except Kitano and Sakura Shinou was picked up by the cars of the Mejiro family and the Yuzhi family in order to give Shinou and Kitano some private space.

Along the way, Prince Jin was extremely silent. Kitano kept looking at her. His unexpectedly calm face, although he looked very stable, was very different from the usual energetic Prince Jin.

This alone is enough to make Kitano follow her carefully all the time. After all, Prince Jin's emotions cannot be suppressed at all, and once they are expressed, they will definitely be earth-shattering and tear-jerking.

She'd probably cry like crazy, right? It was precisely because he was afraid of something like this happening that Kitano stayed by Sakura Shinou's side, never leaving his side.

This is to prevent the situation where Sakura Shinou suddenly wakes up during the period of reshaping his worldview and then has an emotional breakdown with no one to comfort him... However, until now, when they are about to arrive at Tresen Academy, Shinou has always behaved calmly.

Could it be that... he still hasn't figured it out? Kitano didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Now, this extremely quiet Sakura Shinou, whose personality had completely reversed, made Kitano feel not happy at all, but only worried and uneasy.

As the subway stopped, Kitano came back to his senses. He gently pulled Jin Wang, who was standing beside him with lifeless eyes, and said softly, "Jin Wang, we've arrived at the station. Let's go together."

"Ah."

Jin Wang's answer was unusually calm and concise, a slight nod without any movement. Seeing this, Kitano had no choice but to take Jin Wang's hand and gently pull her away.

At this moment, Jin Wang couldn't help but exert a little force and held Kitano's warm hand. At this moment, a smile with a faint blush seemed to appear on her face for a moment.

But when Kitano took Jin Wang out of the subway station, he discovered that the weather outside had suddenly changed drastically during this period of time - the weather was clear during the game, but after they got out of the subway, it suddenly became cloudy and the wind became noisy.

"It seems like it's going to rain soon." Kitano could already feel the drizzle starting to fall, and immediately grabbed Sakura Shinou's hand and said softly, "We have to go back quickly, Shinou—Hey!"

However, before Kitano could finish his words, he felt his hand that was holding Jin Wang suddenly being pulled away. Before he could react, he saw Sakura Jin Wang running forward and hurriedly shouted, "Hey! Jin Wang? Where are you going?!"

"Go somewhere Trainer-san won't be able to find you for a while!"

At this moment, Sakura Jinwang turned slightly, and a familiar carefree smile suddenly appeared on the half of his face. He said to Kitano with a smile: "If Trainer-san wants to catch up, you have to follow me closely! The King of Explosive Advancement won't wait for anyone! Not even Trainer-san! If you can't keep up, you will be left behind!"

"Then——rush forward!!"

"and many more!"

How could Kitano possibly stop a horse girl who was truly trying to escape? Furthermore, Shin-oh had truly lived up to her words and hadn't even waited for Kitano. Even a horse girl whose energy was nearly exhausted after a race could easily escape from an ordinary human male.

But if Prince Jin really ran away, how could Kitano ignore her? Knowing that there was no way she could catch up with Prince Jin, she still tried her best to catch up with him when he ran away. Although she could only look up to him, Kitano at least felt that she should be able to keep up.

And the King Jin in front seemed to know this as well. She always maintained a speed just enough for Kitano to see her back. It seemed very far away, but also seemed within reach.

Kitano chased Jin Wang all the way to the gate of Tresen College, and at this moment Jin Wang completely escaped. When Kitano arrived at Tresen College, Jin Wang had already disappeared without a trace.

"Huh...huh..."

"Trainer Kitano? Why... do you look so disheveled? Are you doing your morning exercises?"

At the moment, Tetsuna Sugawa, who was guarding the door, saw Kitano panting and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Aren't you taking the team to the Japanese derby? What happened?"

"Ms. Shogawa..." Kitano, after taking a deep breath, immediately raised his head and asked Shogawa Tezuna, "Did you see Sakura Shinou just now? She should have run over there. I have to find her now."

"Sakura-san? Ah, she just slipped past me. I was almost too late to catch her."

At this moment, Tsuna Sugawa seemed to realize the seriousness of the problem, and immediately pointed in a direction and said, "I remember Sakura ran in that direction. Trainer Kitano, do you need me to take you there?"

"It's okay... Miss Junchuan, I can handle this little thing."

After all, Sakura Shinou is not Mi Yu. If Mi Yu had suffered such a huge blow, Kitano might feel extremely nervous, but Sakura Shinou is the kind of person who would never do anything stupid. What she is thinking now... Kitano doesn't know, but at least the situation is not serious.

"Want to play hide-and-seek with me? So... where is Prince Shin most likely to be right now?"

Kitano felt that he should already know the answer, but the rain was gradually getting heavier. Now, Kitano, who was panting, had only one thought in his mind.

I hope Prince Jin has already arrived there. Otherwise, with such heavy rain, they will both be soaked to the skin.

……

In an instant, the long-brewing torrential rain poured down, thunder roared, and Kitano ran all the way in the heavy rain and came to a relatively secluded place in Tresen College - a storage warehouse with a large number of sports equipment.

This is also a "hot spot" for the horse racing girls of Tresen College. Normally no one comes here, and even the "horse jumping police" tacitly ignores this place. Many horse racing girls have forced their trainers to jump here. Therefore, this place has become the memory of many senior horse racing girls, and it is also a place that many horse racing girls now plan to "use".

And now, Kitano also hurried here and slowly pushed open the door of the warehouse. As expected, in this warehouse, Kitano quickly found the pink figure of Sakura Jinwang wearing the decisive suit.

"Sure enough, Trainer-san found me after all."

And Prince Jin wasn't the least bit surprised that Kitano was able to find her. At this moment, when Prince Jin slowly raised his head and looked at Kitano, he revealed a very peaceful smile and said, "Do you remember the first time we met, Trainer-san? We met here then, right?"

"Yeah." Kitano smiled faintly when he heard that, completely ignoring the fact that he was soaked all over, and walked to the side of King Jin, only to find that King Jin was also soaked all over.

Fortunately, before the Holy King, who had taken off his shoes and socks, stood an old-fashioned heater. Plugged in, it emitted a warm glow from its heat pipes. The two sat in the same row, using this warmth to warm their rain-soaked clothes and hair, keeping the cold at bay.

"I was pestering you, hoping you'd be my horse girl... and instead you brought me here as a 'temporary discipline committee member,' catching a horse girl dating her trainer."

"We offended quite a few horse girls that year."

Kitano also found it a little funny when talking about the past. However, from the conversation between Kitano and Sakura Shinou at this moment, it was obvious that they both knew what was going on with the other's current situation.

When Kitano saw Sakura Shinou willingly admit that she could only run short distances after the Japanese Derby, he realized that Sakura Shinou had already recalled the past, just like the previous horse girls.

After all... Kitano will never forget the expression on Sakura Shinou's face when he suffered such a huge shock for the first time after the Arima Memorial ended. If it weren't for his past memories, Kitano would not have believed that Sakura Shinou accepted the fact and reacted so quickly.

"It's just... Prince Jin, when did you think of me?"

The only thing Kitano was curious about was this. If Sakura Shinou showed any abnormal behavior, Kitano should have noticed it quickly.

But... Sakura Jinou, even before participating in the Japan Derby, everything about her was so normal, just like her usual behavior, carefree and unconcerned, and she didn't seem to be suppressing her emotions at all.

This surprised Kitano a little, and he began to wonder if he knew too little about Sakura Shinou. He turned around and asked, "Shinou, have you been playing dumb all this time?"

"Are you playing dumb? I don't know anything about this either."

Sakura Shinou lowered her head as she spoke. Her hands casually brushed against her ears, as if to smooth over her hair. But then, she gently removed her golden headband and replied softly, "If Trainer-san truly wants to teach me and thinks running three 1200-meter races is the equivalent of a long-distance race, then I'm not playing dumb. I trust Trainer-san deeply, and what he says always rings true to me."

"If I'm a fool for believing all this, then Trainer-san must also be a fool for suggesting this."

"But if... Trainer-san lied to me, and thought such a lie could fool me, then the me who didn't expose everything... was also playing dumb, just like Trainer-san."

Saying this, Sakura Shinou took off his golden headband, letting his wet hair fall down, his bangs covering his forehead. He turned his head slightly, and gave Kitano a gentle, reproachful, yet helpless smile, and said softly, "Which one do you think you are?"

"A big web of gentle lies was woven for me who knew nothing at the time, and the simple me who didn't see through it all really never played dumb."

"And now I am... If Trainer-san knew I was playing dumb but never exposed me, letting me continue to indulge in these gentle lies... there's only one word to describe me."

Sakura Shinou, who spoke softly, called out to Kitano word by word, "You, big liar."

"And I'm also a big liar who deceived Trainer-san and pretended to be stupid."

Chapter 345: Please continue to "lie" to me

What does Sakura Shinou need most in a trainer? Perhaps many people would think that a horse girl like Sakura Shinou, who is both upright and straightforward, would need a trainer with a personality similar to hers, a very rigid one.

Or maybe she needs a trainer who is as silly as her, and whose mind is always thinking about "rapid progress".

Or perhaps, someone who can tolerate her mistakes, her over-motivated personality that always causes trouble to others, but who can not dampen her enthusiasm, and who can also deal with the "trouble" caused by the King Jin.

Most of the horse girls in Tresen Academy know the reputation of Sakura Shinou, the "grade chairman". Sakura Shinou is very popular and well-liked. When they learned that Sakura Shinou's trainer was Kitano, they all breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Shinou had chosen the "third type" of trainer.

Many things that happened afterwards seemed to reassure the horse racing girls of Tresen Academy. Everyone tacitly agreed not to expose the "lies" that Kitano had made up in order not to dispel Sakura Shinou, and they all felt that this was the best outcome for Shinou.

——And all of this was known to Prince Jin, but it was exactly the atmosphere she wanted.

He couldn't breathe, and when he did, he'd lose all his energy and become exhausted. This wasn't a recent problem, but something he'd known since Sakura Shinou began training with Uma Musume as his standard.

Even if everyone in Tresen Academy is a gentle person, no one would dare to expose this flaw of Sakura Shinou. But can Sakura Shinou, who was born in the Sakura family and raised as a horse girl, guarantee that everyone in the family will be so gentle?

You know, although the Sakura family does not have as deep a foundation as the two big families of Mejiro, it is also a Umamusume family that has been rooted in Japan for a long time.

Unfortunately, Sakura Shinou's family, the Sakura family, has always been a strong middle-distance racer, with even her mother, Sakura Toyoou, considered a middle-distance champion. But for her, even the most basic "breathing" became a problem, forcing her to run only short distances.

Ever since birth, he's been expected to succeed, but all those expectations were dashed by his own innate flaws. How could Sakura Shin-oh not know this? How could he not know his own flaws?

But she didn't want to know, she didn't want to hear these, and she didn't want to see her parents who loved her but always showed disappointment in their eyes when they thought she couldn't see. She would rather pretend that she couldn't see these.

Besides the middle distance, there must be other ways, right? Sakura Jin Wang thought so at the time. From that time on, Jin Wang actually knew that his future goal should be the short distance.

But... should we say that the expectations and pressures brought about by one's mother, or one's surname, are unusual? Sakura Shin-oh has never concealed the fact that his mother is the middle-distance champion "Sakura Toyo-oh", and this fact has made Shin-oh an "all-rounder" in the eyes of his peers since childhood.

Faced with those admiring gazes, Sakura Jinwang couldn't refuse, nor could she bear to do so. However, only she herself knew her own shortcomings. However, the admiration of these companions who were unaware of the situation made Sakura Jinwang feel a sense of pride and pride from the bottom of her heart.

It was as if... for a moment, I really became the "almighty horse girl" in the eyes of my companions.

I couldn't help but immerse myself in such fantasy, as if I had created another "powerful self". As long as the fantasy of such a "powerful self" did not collapse, I could always maintain such self-confidence.

Yes, this is the world...that Sakura Shinou wants.

She is not as strong as everyone imagines, nor as fearless as everyone imagines. What she fears is the moment when the illusion of her "powerful self" is shattered and she has to face her weak self again.

Therefore, she needs to become the "grade chairman" herself, a horse girl who does her best to help all those in need. Only in this way can she earn better popularity and prevent the gentle place of Tresen Academy from exposing her weakness.

And the trainer she needs... yes, maybe it doesn't matter if it's a trainer Sang who is as silly as herself. Then, she can put aside her worries and be as pure as a silly horse girl.

But...if the person you meet is a gentle person who can weave lies.

Well, there was no need to let him know, right? I could just be a silly-looking horse girl.

The lies will not be exposed, her powerful self will not be exposed, everything can continue to operate, nothing will change...

Isn't this good enough? Why should we reveal all this?