The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

Was he supposed to be delivering the news about the suspension of the match? However, from Kitano's perspective, the pale-faced Saint King seemed to have regained some composure and said something to the staff, causing them to leave in embarrassment.

But the next moment, the Holy King did not leave the scene, but walked steadily towards the gate. Kitano also put down the telescope in his hand.

"Trainer-san, there was an accident."

At this moment, Aldan, who had hung up the phone, also had a serious expression on his face. Suddenly, everyone around was attracted by Aldan's tone. The emperor couldn't help but ask, "What happened? Senior Aldan?"

"Student Sheng Wang doesn't want to withdraw from the competition. The staff said she is very determined and must participate in this competition."

Ardan replied with a rather helpless tone, "It seems that Sheng Wang is determined to participate in the Gaoyue Festival. The staff can't persuade him."

"I'm a trainer. I should be able to stop the game on behalf of the Holy King, right?" Kitano already had a rough idea of ​​the situation at this moment, but still asked Aldan with a glimmer of hope.

However, Aldan only smiled bitterly and shook his head, and replied to Kitano: "The staff said that Sheng Wang seemed to be aware of this problem and she said something."

"My trainer-san doesn't have the authority to make decisions on my behalf, at least not yet." - That's what Seiou-san said.

"..." As soon as Aldan said this, the horse racing girls all cast strange looks at Kitano. Obviously, everyone in the same team felt very strange - when did Kitano's authority as a trainer become so useless?

However, Aldan and Good Opera, who understood Kitano, looked at each other in confusion and obviously understood the intention of the Holy King's words. They also understood what the Holy King meant by "I have no power to make decisions for her now."

At this moment, Mi Yu came to Kitano's side with some uneasiness. She grabbed Kitano's sleeve and asked anxiously, "Is it really okay? Brother..."

"Sheng Wang-san is in poor condition, and he still has to play in the game... isn't that dangerous?"

Mi Yu, who has memories of the past, of course still remembers the last time she broke her bone at the Takarazuka Kinen. That incident left a very deep impression on Mi Yu, and she will always remember the pain of the bone fracture.

Now, the Saint King is in visibly poor condition, but he insists on playing. Such behavior makes Mi Yu sweat. She is very worried that the Saint King will repeat the same mistake and become the next victim of a fracture.

"Onii-sama... Will Sheng Wang be okay?"

"I don't know, Mi Yu, but it's best if we don't try to stop the Holy King right now."

Kitano also grabbed Mi Yu's hand to make her feel a little better. At this moment, Kitano's eyes were fixed on the arena, and he said word by word: "The Holy King...may have been the kind of person who showed off her strength in the past, but she has changed now. She is not the same person she used to be."

"I trust the Holy King's judgment. If she insists, she must have her own reasons. She won't force herself to do something she can't do."

"We'll just wait and see... Bourbon, could you please contact the medical team first? That way we can be prepared."

"I understand." Bourbon nodded in understanding, immediately walked down from the audience seats, and began to look for the medical team of the racecourse, ready to provide first aid at any time.

Kitano said that he was not nervous, but at this moment he should be the most nervous one. Although he believed in the Holy King, he was also worried about accidents. Now, rationality and emotion were constantly intertwined in his mind, but in the end there was no good solution.

Holy King... please, don't force yourself.

Kitano prayed like this in his heart. Now he could only choose to believe in the Holy King himself. She must participate in this competition.

……

Saint King Halo, who was entering the gate at this moment, looked a little better after speaking with the staff and learning of Kitano's concerns for her. However, judging by her constant cold sweat, her condition was indeed not very good.

For some reason, as soon as she stepped onto the Gaoyue Competition field, Saint King Aura felt an unprecedented sense of panic. Her mind was filled with the image of her disastrous defeat in the classic triple crown last week.

When the Saint King saw his friends winning again and again, while he could only leave in despair, he felt an unprecedented fear.

There are also many rumors that keep lingering around my ears like mosquitoes.

“Is this considered first-class?”

"Is this also a Umamusume from the golden generation?"

"The weakest one from the Golden Generation, right?"

“Is it really the runner-up halo?”

"It's a pity that she has such good bloodline."

——These voices have been lingering in the Holy King's mind. For a moment, she even wanted to cover her ears and squat down with her head in her arms, as if only in this way could she feel a little safe.

"Are you scared? These remarks."

"If you are afraid of these things, you will never win a game in your life. If you are so cowardly and uneasy, what can you win?"

Suddenly, a voice in her ear jolted the Saint King back to her senses. However, this voice sounded incredibly familiar to her. She subconsciously looked around and couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Who is it? Who's there?"

"You... why do you sound so much like me? Are you..."

"I am you, a part of you."

However, at this moment, in front of the Holy King, he only saw another self who was extremely similar to his own in form, but the body was much more ethereal and translucent, emerging beside him.

However, at this moment, the "Saint King" didn't seem to have any intention of chatting with him. He simply said, "Focus on the game first. Afterwards, you will understand who I am."

"what?"

The Holy King was somewhat unable to comprehend who this person in front of him was. However, the next moment, accompanied by a crisp sound, the gate in front of the Holy King suddenly opened - and his own shadow also rushed out at the first moment!

"Oh, there was a problem. Number 3's Holy King Halo was released too late! Although I reacted quickly and caught up, this will have some impact on the game."

"Number 7 Qingyun Tiankong has chosen her best escape tactic and is currently in second place in the escape horse group. Can she maintain this momentum and make it all the way to the finish line?"

Chapter 398: The Holy King Racing with Another Himself

What's going on? Why is there another me in front of me?

And why is she able to run? Can't anyone else see her? Am I the only one who can see it?

And why—if she was a part of herself—why did she seem to run faster than her original self!

At this moment, the Holy King had a lot of doubts in her heart, but no one could answer these questions for her.

And her "clone" has already said that during the competition, she will know who "she" belongs to.

Given that, the Saint King seemed to have no choice but to run. However, at this moment, the Saint King's eyes were fixed on the front, and he seemed to be running with incredible concentration. For the Saint King, who had always had some problems with his competitive spirit, this state of concentration was rare.

——But even so, the Holy King felt that she could not catch up with that illusory figure. Even though she was more focused than ever before, she still could not catch her own tail!

Could it be that this other self that split from her body is actually stronger than her original self?!

For a moment, the Holy King could not accept this reality, but apart from continuing to run, she could not care about anything else.

The Saint King now had only one thought in his mind – at the very least, he, his "original self," absolutely could not lose to someone born from his own body, right?!

As long as she grasped this point, the Saint King's fighting spirit would not be reduced in the slightest. If for no other reason than to defend herself, her "original self," she couldn't afford to lose to herself, could she?

"Mr. Sheng Wang, although I was worried before entering the gate, your performance this time was unexpectedly strong."

In the audience, the younger generation Emperor of the East China Sea was also watching the game of Saint King Halo intently. Although the Emperor was a younger generation, now in terms of strength alone, the Emperor was no worse than Saint King Halo. In fact, judging from his performance on the field, he should be the best among the team.

Because the Emperor does not have so many small problems, she is not like Rudolph, who always wins by a length; nor is she as difficult to enter the gate as Xingjiang; nor is she like the Holy King, who shows a lack of fighting spirit in the arena.

Simply put, Emperor is the kind of horse girl every trainer dreams of, a horse girl with exceptionally consistent performance in the arena. Besides her, Kitano's team also boasts Condor, Bourbon, and Good Opera.

Therefore, the performance in every game is very stable. It sounds simple, but in fact it is extremely difficult for most horse girls to do this. After all, they also have their own natures, so it is extremely difficult to completely guarantee that they will perform well in every game until the end.

However, this time, from the perspective of an observer, the Holy King's performance was indeed quite good. Even a discerning and technical horse racing girl like the Emperor could not find any faults.

"Oh! It looks like Sheng Wang is really trying his best to impress Trainer-san this time!"

Shenying was also quite optimistic about Sheng Wang's performance this time. Before the Gaoyue Sho, Shenying participated in the GII Nikkei Sho and won a good victory. This time, in order to watch his friend's game, he also came to the scene with Kusanagi Hi, who won the GII Hanshin Grand Prix, and the GII Osaka Cup Special Week.

As for the Holy King... although it may be a bit hurtful to say this, as friends, Shenying, Cao Shangfei and Te Bie Zhou all subconsciously feel that the Holy King's performance on the court is slightly worse than theirs, whether it is fighting spirit or the adaptation to distance.

If the race was a short distance, Sheng Wang's performance might be better, but unfortunately, there are not many short-distance races in Japan - besides, there is another short-distance champion in the team, Sakura Shinou, who is about to become the best short-distance horse girl.

Therefore, if she wants to make a difference in this era, she must expand her adaptability and learn to adapt to mile races and middle-distance events.

Unfortunately, although there has not yet been a horse girl like Sakura Shinou who dominates short-distance events in these fields, these popular fields have many more outstanding and capable horse girls than her.

Therefore, in such an era, a horse girl like Sheng Wang, who was originally excellent, but just not that excellent, could not avoid such an embarrassing situation. But fortunately, she could still continue to challenge. Her excellent bloodline allowed her to have a long enough career. She could wait for her chance to win the competition for several years longer than others.

However, this time, Shenying, Tebian Zhou and Xiaocao had to say that they were amazed by the performance of the Holy King today. If the Holy King was only a threat to them in the past, then now this Holy King, who had a strong fighting spirit and was fully focused on winning the game, had already transformed and was qualified to be called a "strong enemy".

"Mr. Shengwang seems very different this time." Tebi Zhou was also paying close attention to the game and said, "How should I put it... It feels like Xiaocao at Gaoyue Sho."

"Good! Xiao Te, you've found a great description!" Shen Ying also agreed with Te Bie Zhou's remarks. Meanwhile, Cao Shangfei had no objections to this. He simply nodded and smiled faintly, saying, "That's right... I've never seen Sheng Wang so focused."

"It's just that it's a bit difficult to defeat Xing-chan like this... But if you do this, it can be considered a very strong threat to Xing-chan, right? If Xing-chan isn't careful, she might really lose."

Just as everyone was focused on the Saint King's transformation during the match, a delicate hand suddenly grabbed Kitano's hand. Kitano turned his head slightly and saw that Good Opera was watching the match seriously. She said to Kitano, "Your Highness, Saint King...something seems amiss."

"Something's wrong?" Kitano was a little confused, but when he thought about the information observed by the legendary horse girl Good Opera, he didn't dare to neglect it and immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

"This match... Sheng Wang's focus is unprecedented. This should be a good thing, but I always feel that there seems to be something wrong with her rhythm right now."

"It's like... chasing someone who's faster than you."

Good Opera didn't know whether her judgment was correct, but as a legendary horse girl with considerable experience in marking people, she naturally realized what the Holy King's tactics were.

If... an existence before the Holy King was conceived, then the Holy King's rhythm at this moment would be like staring at a person's rhythm and chasing it while controlling one's own rhythm.

However, the figure she was chasing must be faster than the Holy King himself.

"Could she be keeping an eye on the horse girls in the lead?" Kitano asked. Good Opera shook his head and said, "It's unlikely... At least, if she was keeping an eye on the horse girls in the lead, Sheng Wang would have a hard time maintaining her current ranking. She's already in first place, so there's still a gap between her and the horse girls in the lead."

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. There are some things that even I, the Overlord, cannot answer. But I am certain that there must be a reason for Shengwang's sudden change in mood. Please pay close attention to her situation."

The words of the good opera also made Kitano extremely solemn. He also felt it was strange. From the drastic change in the Saint King's mood when he entered the gate, to the Saint King's sudden and extremely focused look on the field, all of this combined seemed absurd.

The Holy King is not Xing-chan. He is completely different when entering the gate and competing. Kitano, who has had two rounds of experience with the Holy King, can be sure of this. The Holy King definitely does not have such a trait.

Could it be that... his relationship with the Holy King was really not good enough? Did he not even notice the changes in the Holy King during this period?

When he thought of this, Kitano felt quite annoyed - he had focused too much attention on Xingjiang. He thought that Xingjiang was the person the entire team should have the most confidence in in the classic year, but he ignored the Holy King.

He thought that after the experience of last week, the Saint King's soul should have been tested, and facing the classic year again, she should have grown.

However, Kitano forgot that the Holy King was not him, and she was not Kitano. She had not experienced so many rounds of beatings with Kitano, nor had she really trained her mind to the point where she would not be hurt.

The Holy King only experienced one round. Although Kitano could be said to have healed the Holy King's heartache in that round, the scar was still there. Now facing the classic year again, Kitano did not expect that the scar might be revealed again.

——No wonder the Holy King looked so bad before the game started. Was it because he was participating in the classic year again and recalled the past events, so he was scared inside?

Thinking of this, Kitano immediately realized the reason why there was such a huge contrast between the Saint King before and after. He was also extremely annoyed that he did not discover this problem earlier and let the Saint King go to the court with a psychological shadow... It was really a dereliction of duty.

No... Xingchan's matter can be put aside for now. After the game is over, Kitano has to help the Holy King to enlighten him. He will never allow the Holy King to step into the arena with distrust in his heart - if that's the case, what kind of horse girl can win the game?

"Holy King... this time you must complete the race without any mishaps."

"It doesn't matter if you're last, you have to finish the race safely."

Please give me this opportunity to make up for the regrets we both had in the past.

Chapter 399: Failure, unable to grasp the shadow of the past

"After the 1000-meter mark, Qingyun Tiankong still holds onto second place in the escape horse group, while the Saint King's aura behind him is also incredibly powerful! It feels like they're ready to sprint at any moment!"

"The overall pace of this race was quite steady. Qingyun Tiankong, the runner, also ran 60 seconds in the first 4 meters, without employing any aggressive tactics. The overall pace was well under control. The final turn and the final straight will likely determine the outcome."

After the showdown between the "top three" of the golden generation, Tebi Zhou, Shenying and Cao Shangfei, the showdown between Qingyun Tiankong and Shengwang Halo seemed much more textbook-like. They both had to use their own advantages and try their best to win by playing to their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses, rather than going head-on.

Cao Shangfei, Te Bie Zhou and Shen Ying, they all have their own advantages and are good at using their own advantages to compete with the advantages of others. The three women have almost no weaknesses, and what they are best at is competing with their comprehensive abilities.

However, this method does not work for Sheng Wang and Xing Jiang. They both need to maximize their advantages on the field to have a chance of winning.

However, compared to the Holy King, Xingjiang's advantages in the field she is good at are greater on the court, so her winning rate is very high. Even in the classic years, when Xingjiang was at her peak, if she competed with Te Bie Zhou, Cao Shangfei and Shen Ying, she would not necessarily be at a disadvantage.

This is Xingjiang's advantage, and she has already given her all in this Gaoyue Sho, so naturally she will not hold back at all!

"Even if it means hurting a friend, this time... Xing-chan, I also have my own happiness that I want to pursue!"

"So—I'm sorry, Sheng Wang-san, but Xing-chan, I won't hold back this time!"

He apologized again in his heart, and at this moment, Qingyun Tiankong, who was the second in the fleeing horse queue and had been waiting for an opportunity for a long time, had also seen his chance to break the deadlock!

The first thousand meters have been passed, so now is the time for me, Xingjiang, to exert my strength!

I'm not very good at my last kick, but when it comes to acceleration, I'm faster than Bourbon, who is also a runaway horse.

"boom!"

Finally, accompanied by a rather dull sound of footsteps, Qingyun Tiankong's concentration was raised to another level. If she could be said to be running before, then the moment she accelerated, Xingjiang really seemed to have turned into a gust of wind!

"Qingyun Tiankong has broken through! There are still 1000 meters to the finish line! Qingyun Tiankong is exerting his strength! He has surpassed the Uma Musume in front of him in one breath! Now he is in the first place of the team!"

"Will the stalemate situation change because of Qingyun Tiankong's power?! Oh, we can see it! The Holy King's halo has also begun to exert its power! She has begun to break away from the delaying queue! And run towards the leading queue!"

"Not good, the Holy King exerted his strength too early."

However, at this moment, Kitano in the audience also immediately saw the clues, shook his head slightly, and said with a bit of regret: "Qingyun Tiankong's power is acceleration. Her acceleration is not that fast, but the advantage is that the acceleration time can be long enough. For Xing-chan, it just means running faster."

"But Sheng Wang is different. Her last kick is very sharp. If she had exerted her power at 600 meters, almost no one in this race would have been able to surpass her. But Sheng Wang exerted her power too early."

"Was it because of Xing-chan's acceleration... The Holy King's judgment shouldn't be that bad, right?"