The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

"First, let's go to the training ground. I want to see how you normally run, Shanxin. I suggest you find a reference. That way, I can more intuitively feel the problems with your running style."

Kitano plans to adopt a more conservative approach first. Although according to the game data, Shanxin is best at the escape horse tactic, the game and reality are two different things. Only specific analysis can determine whether the tactics need to be changed.

Fortunately, Kitano has been a trainer for many games, so he still has these basic abilities. Looking for a reference object is also to help believers better understand some of their running problems.

"Shinshin, what is the running style you think you are best at? Then find a horse girl who is also good at that running style as a reference."

"Me? As for me... I should go first, right?"

Shanxin said with some uncertainty when she heard this. To be honest, she still didn't know what running method she was best at. Running ahead was the more orthodox method, and the most talented of the Mejiro sisters, Mejiro McQueen, used the running ahead method.

The believer's running style was inspired by Mejiro McQueen's experience in many places. Thinking of this, the believer quickly thought of someone who was most proficient in this running style.

—The Emperor of the East Sea. She should be training in the training ground right now, right? The moment Shanxin thought of this, his anger immediately deflated.

Am I...going to run off with that genius? This is too difficult for her...

Chapter 045: The hostility encountered by the sneaking believers?

At the same time, on the training ground, the East China Sea Emperor was indeed running here at the moment, but not only was she training, she was also competing.

For the former Emperor of the East China Sea, it was hard to imagine that she would compete with several ordinary and mediocre horse racing girls from the Tresen Academy, whom she never paid much attention to.

But I don't know if it was Kitano Ryuichi's words in the cafeteria yesterday that inspired the East China Sea Emperor to re-examine herself, or if she was simply aroused by the competition and her desire to win. At least now, not long after entering the training ground, she began to accept challenges from other horse racing girls one after another.

In the past, such a scene would never have happened. These horse racing girls never thought that they would have the courage to challenge an opponent whom they could not defeat. They all knew very well the gap between themselves and geniuses like the Emperor of the East China Sea.

But the situation is different now. With the defeat of the first group of horse girls, the next group of horse girls seemed to be inspired and continued to move forward to challenge.

Now, it is the third round, and the East China Sea Emperor has won the victory as usual. The distance of their competition is 1600 meters, and the emperor has won three rounds. He still looks at ease and even has some strength left.

"In the third round, the first place is the Emperor of the East China Sea." Amazon, standing at the finish line and acting as the referee and the finish line, had long since thrown his personal suggestions behind his back and announced the result again.

"It's already three games. The rest of you, go back to training now and let the Emperor rest for a while. That's all for today."

"Okay..."

However, Amazon's words made all the horse racing girls around who were ready to continue challenging the Emperor of the East China Sea leave in dejected mood. And those horse racing girls who lost to the Emperor of the East China Sea in the three rounds also left in dismay.

"The Emperor has grown a lot."

In the stands, Luduo Symbol, Qi Trough and Narita Bairen stood together, a rare sight. The three members of the student union were not bothered by official business again today, but came here to watch the training of the pride of Tresen Academy.

They also witnessed this challenge to the emperor from these so-called "mediocre" children. None of them stopped them, because the Emperor of the East China Sea accepted the challenge immediately, and they had long anticipated such a situation.

"These children were all inspired by Trainer Kitano, and even though they knew that Emperor was also participating in the trials, they still chose to participate without hesitation." Rudolph said calmly, "Fuck, how many horse girls participated in the trials yesterday?"

"Almost the entire middle division, President." Qi Cao responded with a smile, "Almost all the horse racing girls in the middle division who haven't found trainers yet signed up for the trials yesterday."

"Even some of the horse girls who already have trainers have joined the tryouts. The nature of this tryout has changed. Originally, we were just going to select a suitable horse girl for Trainer Kitano, but now it's become a challenge for the 'mediocre' kids at Tresen Academy to challenge the geniuses."

"Because there are too many people, President, I suggest that we further revise the rules of the trials. We can't have hundreds of horse girls competing together. That wouldn't be a race, it would be a marathon."

"I didn't expect that even after we disqualified the advanced division, the number of participants didn't decrease, but actually increased," Narita Hakuin said nonchalantly, a piece of grass in his mouth. Ever since her disqualification, she'd returned to her usual laziness, as if the long-awaited training wasn't her.

"This is all because of Trainer Kitano. He unintentionally inspired the entire Tresen Academy, the so-called ordinary children." Qi Cao smiled when he heard this, and Narita Bairen couldn't help but chuckle when he saw this.

Although Rudolph didn't say anything, she noticed the reactions of Qi Cao and Narita Bairen. She unintentionally straightened her back and became more confident in her majesty as an "emperor". Even the tail behind her swayed happily with a larger amplitude, verifying her good mood at the moment.

After all, he is her trainer. Maybe the trainer is not so capable in teaching, but he is the best at how to encourage the horse girl and how to make her feel supported.

It's really normal for these children to be inspired by Trainer-kun... It's a pity that these children won't understand. Maybe Trainer-kun will cheer them on and encourage them to keep moving forward, but he will still stand on their side.

Forget it, since this is the trainer's style, I won't say much. After all, a world where all horse girls are happy seems to depend on the trainer's methods.

"However, the emperor has also grown up. Although she seemed easy to get along with in the past, there were actually not many horse girls of the same period in Tresen Academy who could catch her eye, right?" Narita Bairen also said.

"Yesterday, Emperor returned to the student council. She was rejected by trainer Kitano, but she didn't look angry at all." Qi Cao nodded approvingly. They certainly knew that Kitano didn't let Emperor Donghai join the team through the back door, and that was why Emperor Donghai chose to participate in the trials, intending to win first place in a fair and square manner and become Kitano's horse girl.

"She even talked a lot about Trainer Kitano. It seems that our genius from Tresen Academy has finally found a trainer that satisfies her."

As he said this, Qi Cao turned his head to look at the Luduo symbol, whose smile had now faded a bit, and said with a smile, "As expected of you, President. The emperor was so disgusted at first, but I didn't expect you to convince him to accept Trainer Kitano with just a few words. Now she really looks ready to become a true horse girl."

"Yes, it is."

However, Rudo was not as happy as before after hearing this. She did not want to guess in a certain direction, but now she had recovered her memories of Kitano. The strong possessiveness of Kitano Ryuichi in her heart made her unable to help but feel extremely hostile towards any horse girl who had a good relationship with Kitano.

Even if the target is the Emperor of the East China Sea, and even if the target is the "traitor" who was inserted into Beiye's side in order to reasonably approach Beiye, Luduo Symbol is now beginning to feel uneasy about the Emperor's reaction.

Is this child...really reliable?

However, when Rudolf turned his gaze to the training ground, the Emperor of the East China Sea seemed to have noticed Rudolf's gaze. He smiled widely and waved at Rudolf, his face still glistening with sweat, and a very confident and praise-seeking smile.

It must be an illusion. It seems that this child is not at the stage to think about that yet.

Rudolf thought so and smiled again, waving to the emperor. She could clearly see the pure and innocent smile on the emperor's face when he responded.

Well, I must be too suspicious. Really, Rudolph, why are you jealous of everyone?

……

"Hehe, this time it's me, the emperor, who wins again!"

Although the East China Sea Emperor, who had defeated three rounds of challenges in a row, was a little tired, she was still very energetic. She was now very confident that she could win the first victory in the qualifiers.

On the side, Miura Bourbon, Mi Yu and Saint King Halo were all standing in different directions of the training ground, watching everything intentionally or unintentionally. The three consecutive rounds of competition made them feel the pressure as they were all determined to get their first victory.

Miura Bourbon: "The Emperor of the East Sea... Looks like a new opponent."

Mi Yu: "Mr. Emperor is really strong, Mi Yu... is there really a way to win?"

Holy King Halo: "You are indeed a first-rate genius that even I have to admit, but even so, I will never admit defeat."

Although the three women had different ideas, there was no doubt that the sudden participation of the East China Sea Emperor had a huge impact on all of their plans and doubled their pressure.

The strength of the Emperor of the East Sea far exceeds that of most of the middle-level horse girls. Even if she participates in formal competitions now, she will definitely be among the top ones. Below the GIII competition, there are few horse girls who can be the opponent of the Emperor of the East Sea.

At this moment, the East Sea Emperor seemed to notice a figure not far away. Soon, after a moment of slight hesitation, she, who was originally smug, suddenly became excited and kept waving in that direction, shouting: "Trainer Kitano! Over here!"

The voice of the Emperor of the East Sea was as sharp as that of a child, and immediately made all the horse girls present turn their heads away in concern, even Rudolph and the others.

When their eyes saw Kitano Ryuichi's figure, before they could smile, another figure suddenly appeared beside Kitano Ryuichi, which made all of their expressions freeze.

Suddenly—felt a lot of hostility coming? At this moment, beside Kitano, and still chatting happily with Kitano, Mejiro Yoshinobu suddenly felt an extremely cold and nauseous feeling, as if he was being stared at by many ferocious beasts.

Could it be true what Fukura-kun said? My "good luck" still couldn't easily make it through Trainer Kitano's "bad luck"? Now, Mejiro Zenshin could truly feel the omen of great misfortune coming his way.

That was the extremely strong malice coming from the other side, from the many horse racing girls in the training ground!

Chapter 046: Rudolf wants to teach the believers personally?

"Mr. Emperor, why do you look so sweaty? Did you just finish training?"

Kitano obviously didn't notice the hostility and malice. Of course, it wasn't directed at him, so he couldn't sense it. Furthermore, Uma Musume was much more perceptive than the others, so Kitano, as an ordinary person, wasn't as perceptive as Shanxin in this regard.

Kitano walked forward without noticing any danger, but he discovered that the Emperor of the East China Sea, who seemed very happy just a second ago, suddenly became like a bullied child in the next second, with a puffed up face and staring at him with dissatisfaction.

"What's wrong, Emperor-san? Do I look that irritating?"

"Oooooh! Trainer Kitano! He's a huge liar!"

However, the Emperor of the East Sea, a child who couldn't hide his feelings, had no idea what "jealousy" meant. She pointed at Mejiro Zenshin, who was slowly approaching Kitano, and said in dissatisfaction, "Didn't you say that you wanted me to participate in the trials, Your Majesty? Didn't you say that horse girls, whether geniuses or ordinary, should compete on the same stage?"

"Then what's going on with this person? Why is Trainer Kitano walking so closely with her? You big liar! We clearly agreed to compete together!"

"Ah, there seems to be some misunderstanding."

Mejiro Yoshinobu was still a little hesitant when she approached, because she felt that the closer she got to the training ground, the stronger the oncoming hostility became, and it came from all directions. It seemed that the closer she got to Trainer Kitano, the stronger the sense of crisis that wanted to tear her into pieces became.

The most inconspicuous one among them was probably the Emperor of the East China Sea in front of her. Shanxin, with her peaceful personality, naturally did not want to be hated by everyone. Therefore, she tried to explain the relationship between herself and Kitano to see if the hostility around her would disappear.

"Mr. Emperor, you don't seem to know me yet, but you must know my sister, Mejiro McQueen."

"Hey? Do you know McQueen? Eh? You're McQueen's sister?" As expected, the emperor's hostility dropped significantly when he heard that Shanxin knew McQueen. Shanxin smiled and said, "Yes, I'm Mebai Shanxin. It seems that McQueen rarely mentions me."

"It's my sister, Ryan Mejiro. She asked her trainer, Ms. Fujiwara Reiko, to ask Trainer Kitano to help teach me. Although I am Ryan and McQueen's older sister, my talent has never been as good as my two sisters."

"It's just that Ryan didn't give up. I also signed up for this tryout. I just asked Trainer Kitano to guide me."

Mejiro Zenshin pretended to be calm and explained patiently, and just as she expected, as soon as she said this, Mejiro Zenshin felt that the hostility around her had dissipated a lot, and she felt relieved.

As expected, the source of all that hostility was because these people were targeting Trainer Kitano! It seemed like a lot of horse girls were eyeing the top horse girl position...

Fortunately, I have never thought about this position. The believer breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to maintain a gentle and sunny attitude and said to the emperor;

"Today is the first day I've asked Trainer Kitano to coach me. Trainer Kitano said he hopes I can find an excellent horse girl as a reference and give her a try first."

"How's it going, Mr. Emperor? I was going to look for you, since you and McQueen are friends and both of you are great at running ahead, but you look like you're exhausted."

"I have some water here. Do you want to take a break? Ah, Trainer Kitano, water."

As Mejiro Zenshin said this, she showed her gentleness and magnanimity as an older sister, as if she didn't take the previous hostility seriously at all. After taking the sports saline solution prepared for her by Kitano, she immediately handed it to the emperor.

This also completely eliminated the hostility that the Emperor and several other horse girls who were secretly observing them had towards Shanxin. The Emperor of the East Sea's childish personality was also completely eliminated because of Shanxin's identity as McQueen's sister.

"Thank you, Shanxin."

The Emperor also took the water, but did not open it. Instead, he said to Kitano with a smile on his face: "Really, Trainer Kitano, you should have told me this kind of thing earlier. I almost thought you had found a horse girl without telling me."

"You didn't give me time to explain... But forget it." Kitano didn't dwell on this issue for too long. After all, it was just the emperor's childish temper. He and Shanxin had more important things to do at the moment.

"Well, Emperor, you should go and get some rest now. Do you have any other friends who are good at running first? I'd like to see a horse girl who's good at running first try it with Shanxin. I want to analyze Shanxin's running style and see what's wrong with her."

"Hehe, there's no need to rest at all. Leave it to me, the Emperor!"

When the Emperor of the East China Sea heard that Bei Ye had something to ask for, he immediately perked up. Having just finished three rounds of competition, he still looked energetic and said proudly, "Your Majesty, I still have plenty of time. There is absolutely no problem!"

"No, Mr. Di Wang, you should go and have a good rest first. You can tell you are exhausted just by looking at him now. We don't need to rush this."

Upon hearing this, Kitano immediately said this to the Emperor of the East China Sea in a serious manner. The Emperor of the East China Sea didn't care now and had never experienced the pain of a broken bone, so he was so unscrupulous, but Kitano couldn't let her do as she pleased.

The "Emperor's Dance" is the unique skill of the East China Sea Emperor, and he is indeed gifted by nature. However, this way of running is used less and less each time. For the current East China Sea Emperor, what Kitano least wants is for her to rely too much on her talent.

"Eh? But—"

"No buts." However, Kitano didn't give the emperor any chance to insist. He immediately said, "Go and rest now. You can even buy yourself a honey drink. But you can't keep running."

"I remember there's a new honey drink stall on campus. I think Di Wang will like it."

"Oh, really? I want to go, I want to go!"

As expected, using honey special drink to seduce the emperor was the most effective way. After a while, the East China Sea Emperor, whose attention was completely attracted by the honey special drink, immediately ran in the direction pointed by Kitano.

After Emperor ran away, a believer beside him looked at Kitano with a subtle smile and said, "Trainer Kitano...it turns out that you care more about Emperor."

"Ok?"

"Trainer Kitano knows that Emperor-san likes to drink honey drinks. It seems that Trainer Kitano has already investigated Emperor-san's preferences a long time ago, right?"

"As expected, Trainer Kitano still prefers geniuses, right? Isn't that right?"

Mejiro Zenshin smiled, his eyes tinged with a hint of mockery, clearly joking. Kitano, however, didn't know how to explain this. After all, as a Umamusume fan who had watched the anime, if he didn't even know the hobbies of one of the main characters, the Emperor of the East Sea, then wouldn't he be just a casual observer?

"That's not the case. I just happened to know."

"Oh? Then Trainer Kitano, can you guess what I like?" Mejiro Zenshin obviously had not let Kitano go and continued to ask jokingly.

However, as expected, Kitano Ryuichi, who thought he was an Hermès, knew very little about Mejiro Yoshinobu's interests, and he kept his mouth open for a long time, not knowing what to say.

Seeing Kitano's funny reaction was rare, and Shanxin was about to brush it off when he heard Kitano reply the next moment, "Sorry... I really don't know about that, but if you ask me, I know. Shanxin, you don't like obstacle courses, right?"

"I don't know about the rest, but I can guarantee that if Shanxin really becomes my horse racing girl, I will never let Shanxin run an obstacle course."

Kitano was very clear about the fact that Mejiro Yoshinobu switched to running the obstacle race halfway through, but it was just a guess. After all, the obstacle race was basically disliked by horse girls. In the Uma Musume game, almost all horse girls avoided the obstacle race. It is conceivable how unpopular this kind of competition was.

Mejiro Zenshin, due to poor results, switched to the obstacle course race, but not only did he fail to win, he also suffered injuries. Knowing this future, Kitano believed that he would never let Zenshin run the obstacle course race.

However, Kitano's rather serious words made Mejiro Zenshin stunned for a moment, which was rare for him. But the next moment, Mejiro Zenshin, who did not understand what he said, just smiled nonchalantly and said, "Then I will remember it."

As a horse girl of the Mejiro family, even though Mejiro Zennobu didn't have much talent, she wouldn't be asked to run an obstacle course, right? Therefore, Mejiro Zennobu didn't pay much attention to Kitano's words. Instead, she was a little curious about why Kitano thought she hated running an obstacle course.

Is the obstacle course dangerous? I've only heard about it before, so should I try it out sometime?

"Hello, Trainer Kitano and Mejiro Yoshinobu."

Behind Kitano, at some point, Rudolph, carrying the energy tank, and Narita Hakujin, slowly arrived at the training ground. The moment Kitano saw Rudolph, he immediately responded with a proper attitude, "Hello, President. Is the student council busy today? It's rare to see you all here."

"Well, things have been a bit easier lately." Rudolph's eyes dimmed slightly when he heard the title "President," but he quickly recovered and said to Kitano with a smile, "Trainer Kitano, I heard your conversation with Zenshin just now. You're looking for a horse girl who's good at preemptive tactics, right?"

"If you don't mind, I can be Shanxin's opponent. My best running method is also to go first."

As he said this, Rudolf turned to look at Mejiro Zenshin with a smile on his face, but at that moment, Mejiro Zenshin once again felt a surge of pressure from Rudolf suddenly rushing towards her.

What on earth is going on today? Mejiro Zenshin thought to herself with tears in her eyes. She just wanted to go for a normal run, so why is everyone so hostile to her?