The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

Now, she briefly belongs to herself, to the horse racing girl "Mejiro Yoshinobu", enjoying this moment of peace without any constraints.

Chapter 069: Luduo symbolizes the abuse of power for personal gain

The following days seemed to be a repetition of day after day. Every day Kitano would meet with the four horse girls during the day, and then go to the training ground to practice their running methods - this is the most effective way to improve one's own strength in the short term. Compared with the long physical training that takes time and effort, this kind of training that can show the results immediately in the areas of one's expertise is obviously more effective for the new horse girls.

Moreover, this training method is effective for everyone. Although Miura Bourbon is the one who knows her position best in the team, this kind of training does not prevent her from exercising her body and understanding the strategies of her three opponents, which makes it easier for her to respond.

As for Mi Yu, Sheng Wang Halo and Shanxin, they are all familiarizing themselves with the running methods they are good at. This week's time is very tight, and even the talented horse racing girls are preparing intensively.

——Even the Emperor of the East China Sea, who was the target of public criticism, seemed to be infected by this atmosphere. During this period, he did not have much time to interact with Kitano, but focused on training.

Of course, the Emperor of the East Sea also began to consciously or unconsciously like training with Kitano and the four horse girls who were now receiving Kitano's brief instruction. In the past two days, the Emperor of the East Sea could be seen almost everywhere. When others were concentrating on training, she "happened" to come over and asked Kitano to help her with some warm-up exercises.

Today she wants to take a flexibility test, so she asks Kitano to press her back; tomorrow she wants to exercise her abdominal muscles, so she asks Kitano to stretch her legs... Anyway, she has all kinds of reasons and excuses. Not to mention Kitano and the four horse girls, even other passers-by horse girls know that the Emperor of the East China Sea did it on purpose.

But who cared? The East Sea Emperor's childish view of love had even reached the second-highest position on the academy's forum, second only to the news of the upcoming tryouts. Now, all the horse racing girls in Tresen Academy had laughed at the East Sea Emperor for being a "child."

Even Lu Duo, the jealous symbol, didn't care. Of course, the reason she didn't come was that the selection competition was about to begin, and the student union was really a bit busy.

However, there has been no Sirius symbol to bother people recently, nor any other particularly threatening women. After being "suppressed" by Rudolf that day, Good Opera has been silent for quite some time. Although Rudolf does not think that Good Opera has given up, at least Good Opera has been honest for the time being.

And just one day before the tryouts, some not-so-good news arrived without warning early this morning...

"I didn't expect it to rain so heavily the day before the tryouts... I don't know if the tryouts can go on as scheduled."

Inside the student union, Kitano Ryuichi, who had been specially summoned there, looked out the window at the pouring rain with a sigh of relief. Meanwhile, Luduo, who was sorting documents with his head down, replied calmly after sending away Qi Cao and Narita Bairen, "Even if it continues to rain tomorrow, the trials will go on. The horse racing girls' competitions will not be cancelled unless under extremely adverse conditions. These are the difficulties the horse racing girls must overcome."

"The conditions at the racecourse can't always be good. A good racehorse can't race at the same racecourse all her life, nor can she only race at racecourses with good conditions. If she avoids challenges, even if she wins many victories, it only reflects the trainer's success, not the racehorse's success."

"So, I've already informed all the contestants in advance. No matter what the situation is tomorrow, unless it reaches the point where the Meteorological Bureau issues a warning, tomorrow's trials will proceed as usual."

"If they cannot overcome the impact of the heavy racecourse, then they have the right to withdraw from the competition. Of course, I haven't received a single withdrawal application so far."

"That's really harsh." Kitano had no objection to this, because what Rudolph said was correct. If the horse racing girls didn't have to overcome any difficulties, then the victory would not seem so glorious. Most of the horse racing girls in Tresen Academy were also quite proud of themselves.

Retiring from the competition when faced with a heavy horse course is obviously not the style of these proud horse racing girls from Tresen Academy. However, these new horse racing girls obviously have no idea how terrifying the heavy horse course is.

Well, I can take this opportunity to teach these fledgling horse racing ladies a lesson and let them feel the harsh conditions of the horse racing field.

"Speaking of which, why did the president want to see me today? The tryouts start tomorrow. Do you need me for anything?"

"Of course." Luduo symbolically closed the folder in front of him and handed a schedule to Kitano. He sat on the chair, crossed his legs elegantly, and said softly, "This is the list that the student union has made based on the situation of this selection. Considering the large number of applicants, we can't put all the horse racing girls in one competition. Therefore, we have decided to adopt an elimination system for this selection."

"In general, we let the horse girls choose from four races based on their distance adaptability: the short distance (1200 meters), the mile (1600 meters), the middle distance (2400 meters), and the long distance (3000 meters). Each race has a maximum of 18 horse girls at a time, and only the top five will be selected to advance to the next round."

"Then, we gathered the winning racehorses based on their adaptability. We selected the British Short Distance racehorses and had them run 1800 meters in their second race. We also selected the middle and long distance racehorses and had them run 2200 meters in their next race, thus selecting those with the best adaptability."

"And the final, which is the final, will have approximately fifteen qualified horse girls. Awaiting them is the 2000-meter middle-distance race. The first-place horse girl will be the final winner."

Rudolph handed the list to Kitano and said with a smile, "This is the best plan our student council has come up with. It takes into account the distance adaptability of almost every horse girl and ensures fairness and justice as much as possible."

"The competition will probably last three days. How about that? Trainer Kitano, do you have any suggestions on this plan?"

"Not at all, President, I am very satisfied with this plan." Kitano nodded when he heard this. He was not dissatisfied with this schedule at all. This list has ensured fairness and justice as much as possible and taken into account the feelings of every Uma Musume.

Although it certainly cannot satisfy some horse girls who specialize in distance, there are so many contestants after all, and no matter how sophisticated the plan is, it is impossible to take care of every horse girl. Otherwise, it would be better to have an internal decision.

Rudolph showed no expression on the surface when she heard Kitano's praise, but in fact, her ears twitched slightly visibly after hearing the recognition, and the tail behind her swung a few times happily.

However, in addition to joy, Rudolf also felt a little secretly happy.

As expected, even the trainer didn't see the problem. As one of the participants in the development of this plan, Lu Duo symbolically put a lot of effort into this list, even putting in a lot of work to create this set, which seemed perfect, and no one would discover her hidden selfish plan.

This list seems to take into account all distance-adaptable horse girls, but in fact, as long as this list is arranged reasonably, it will be found that it has huge advantages for middle-distance-adaptable horse girls!

As long as a middle-distance horse racing girl chooses the middle distance of 2400 meters in the first round, she will still participate in the middle distance of 2200 meters in the second round, and the third round will still be the middle distance of 2000 meters!

For some horse racing girls who are better at long or short distances, but also have some talent for middle distances and miles, although they can run, they will definitely not have an advantage in the distance they are best at.

On Luduo's symbolic hand, she held the East Sea Emperor, arguably the strongest middle-distance racer in all of Teresin Academy! As long as the East Sea Emperor chose the middle-distance race from the beginning, the next two races would be the middle-distance races she was best at and the most unmatched!

In this way, after the Emperor wins, he can naturally become the first horse girl beside Kitano. Not only can he please the Emperor, but Rudolf will also have a legitimate reason to use the Emperor's identity to get close to Kitano for a long time.

Thinking of this, the smile on Rudolf's face became even more pronounced. At this moment, as he looked at Kitano, who was concentrating on looking at the schedule, his eyes were filled with a twisted emptiness.

Closer, so close! Trainer, you'll be mine soon!

I want to possess you bit by bit, and then make you completely and totally transform into my shape. From now on, you will never be able to leave me again...

Chapter 070: The Holy King's Halo Under the Storm

Everything was under the control of Rudolph, so this time, Rudolph did not bother Kitano for too long about the notice. Just as she thought, everything was arranged now, and she did not need to force Kitano to be so nervous. After the selection competition was over, she could approach her trainer Jun with good reason.

Therefore, this time, Rudolf did not use any other excuses to keep Kitano for a while longer, but let him go back. Just before Kitano Ryuichi picked up his umbrella that he had placed in the student union building and was about to walk in the heavy rain again, he suddenly remembered something.

"The conditions at the racecourse are definitely going to be terrible in this weather, but considering the tempers of those girls, I'm really worried about them braving the rain to run in this weather just to familiarize themselves with the competition."

"Let's warn them first. Even a horse racing girl wouldn't be able to handle this weather. If it affects tomorrow's competition, it's a small matter. But if it ruins their health, that's a big problem."

The time for the trials is getting closer and closer, and the horse girls participating in the training are getting more and more enthusiastic. I don’t know if it is really because group activities create more atmosphere, or if the nature of this so-called trials has really become a "counterattack of mediocre against genius", but at least the closer the time is to the trials, the more horse girls there are in the training ground, and it even reached the point of being overcrowded.

You know, the training ground of Tresen Academy is not just a 2000-meter circle. This is only the outermost circle. There is also an 1800-meter muddy field, a 1600-meter grass field, and then another 1400 meters, 1200 meters... and so on. According to the initial estimate of Tresen Academy, it is impossible for the training ground of Tresen Academy to have the situation of "congested training" and "inability to test freely".

But now the quantitative change has led to a qualitative change. Almost all the horse racing girls in the middle school have participated in the selection. Now, there is no way out for the horse racing girls in this competition. Perhaps not everyone of them expects to be Kitano's first choice, and many of them think that they can never become such a person.

But who would miss this rare opportunity to compete with the talented horse racing ladies? Who wouldn't want to use all their strength to bite off those high-ranking talented horse racing ladies?

This is the best opportunity, so those horse racing girls who are full of energy are eager to train themselves to be able to run GI in these seven days. And those horse racing girls who think they are "geniuses" are also training harder in order not to embarrass themselves in this competition.

According to the data from the gas tank, during this period, the average training speed of the horse girls in Tresen Academy was more than double that of before, and the equipment used for training and physical exercise was used 16 hours a day - the remaining eight hours were simply closing time.

In this environment, the four horse girls who were undergoing Kitano's training regimen became increasingly competitive with each other for various reasons. Kitano scolded them several times for running after finishing their daytime runs, but to no avail. After finishing their runs that evening, they all came to Kitano's dorm to ask for massages.

This made the elderly dormitory manager, Ma Niang, very nervous. At first, she could still persuade them for a while, but when she saw Bourbon, Mi Yu and Shanxin, she let them go up without stopping them.

Even a genius like the Emperor of the East China Sea was frightened by this atmosphere and trained diligently every day, not daring to slack off at all. You can imagine how tense the atmosphere is now.

In this situation, Kitano was really worried about these silly girls training in such weather, so he picked up his phone, opened his email, and immediately saw four familiar names, from top to bottom:

Mejiro Zenshin, Rice Bath, East Sea Emperor, Miura Bourbon.

Shanxin was the first Uma Musume to get Kitano's email address, and after becoming Kitano's sister, Miyu also naturally got Kitano's email address.

As for the Emperor of the East Sea… she'd been hanging out with Kitano for the past few days and somehow managed to get his email. As for Miura Bourbon, her phone had practically crashed, making it seem like she had no use for it. But after learning about Shanxin, Miyu, and even the Emperor of the East Sea, she'd insisted Kitano send her email address so she could access it.

And now, only Saint King Halo is the only one in the four-member team who does not have Kitano's email address.

"It's raining heavily today, so all training for today is cancelled. Let's have a good rest. Don't try to run in the rain. It's easy to catch a cold, which will affect tomorrow's competition or even cause injuries."

After sending this message to the group, the first person to reply was the Emperor of the East Sea. The message from the Emperor of the East Sea read, "Hehe, it turns out that Trainer Kitano is actually most concerned about the invincible Emperor, right? Don't worry, my Lord Emperor, I'm in excellent condition. Even the heavy horse race tomorrow will be no problem!"

Soon, messages from Mi Yu and Shanxin came one after another.

Mi Yu: "Mi Yu understands. I will definitely not go running today and will not let my brother worry."

Shanxin: "Sorry, I'm a minute late in replying. I'm in the dormitory right now. Trainer Kitano, don't worry. But you should be careful not to get wet in the heavy rain and catch a cold—"

After seeing these replies, Kitano felt relieved. As for the fact that there was no news from Bourbon Miura, it was within Kitano's expectations. Given Bourbon's "electrical killer" physique, she was lucky that her phone had been down for less than eight hours today.

However, although everyone responded to the news that Kitano wanted to see, Kitano was still worried, especially during this special time period. He didn't want any horse girls to train at the risk of injury.

"Let's go to the training ground first. I hope they can listen to me. This weather is really not suitable for training... huh?"

At this moment, Kitano suddenly found that there was a figure in a raincoat approaching in front of him. Judging from the speed, it was obviously a horse racing girl, and a short one at that.

"Aaaaaah! It's about to crash!"

A panicked and slightly childish child's voice slowly came, and the petite horse racing girl suddenly braked in front of Kitano and almost slipped to the ground. Fortunately, Kitano supported her in time. Because of this, Kitano recognized the panicked horse racing girl at a glance.

"Ulala-san? Why are you here? And so flustered?"

"Eh? You, you're Sheng Wang's trainer, right? Trainer Kitano!"

What Kitano didn't expect was that the person who came was none other than "Haru Ulala", the roommate of Saint King Halo, who had always been treated with kindness by everyone in Tresen Academy. This horse girl with pink hair, pink eyes, and even faint pink flowers in her pupils, had such a panicked expression on her face for the first time.

But it also shows that the situation is indeed serious. Even Ulala, a horse girl who never takes troubles seriously, is so panicked. I'm afraid something really is going to go wrong.

When Ulala saw Kitano for the first time, a look of joy appeared on her face, but then she grabbed Kitano's hand without saying anything and said anxiously, "Trainer Kitano! Shengwang is in danger today! Ulala didn't see Shengwang in the dormitory today, and he wasn't in the classroom either. Now you are the only one who can find Shengwang!"

"It's raining so hard, Sheng Wang will catch a cold. Ulala thinks you must know where Sheng Wang is."

"The Holy King is missing?" Kitano was also a little surprised, but based on Ulala's description and his previous worries, combined with Kitano's understanding of the Holy King's Halo, he immediately knew where the Holy King's Halo was now.

"Ulala, go back to the dormitory and get us two more raincoats, then come find me at the training ground."

"Okay!" Hearing Kitano's confident look, the originally flustered Ulala nodded and said, "Ulala will go back to the dormitory to get the raincoat as quickly as possible!"

……

There is never a shortage of people who break the rules, just like there is always a shortage of unyielding people in the storm. At this moment, there is only one figure in the training ground. In such a harsh environment, braving the strong wind and extremely bad conditions of the horse farm, he strides forward step by step with difficulty, gritting his teeth.

"Ha ha……"

"Not enough, not enough—not fast enough!"

"You can't catch up like this, you can't catch up with anyone. This isn't even first-rate speed!"

Amidst the violent storm, the persistent Saint King Halo had to stop midway for who knows how many times due to lack of endurance. Now she is challenging her own limit, challenging her own limit of running the entire 2400-meter race in such an extremely harsh environment.

But everything seemed more difficult than she had imagined. The middle distance of 2400 meters seemed like an insurmountable mountain for her. From her first attempt to now, she couldn't even avoid losing speed before reaching the finish line.

But she still gritted her teeth, relying on her unwillingness and stubbornness to persist. She didn't even know why she was so persistent. It was as if there was some strange obsession in the dark that drove her to attack this goal and this distance again and again.

2400 meters... the distance of a Japanese derby, and every time the Saint King Halo started running again, it was like launching another attack on the Japanese derby in her mind.

But she collapsed from exhaustion again and again, as if telling her again and again that she would never reach her limits, as if no matter how many times she attempted to participate in the Japanese Derby, the ending would only be failure.

Chapter 071: Giving you the power to embrace the first-class

"We can't win at this rate... The Emperor of the East Sea... Miura Bourbon... Rice Bath... No one can win at this rate."

"I don't believe it. I don't believe it. My limit can't be just this... No way."

"I've clearly found the most correct method, so why can't I even finish the whole race? I don't believe it."

Under the heavy rain, Saint King Halo was now soaked through. It was the horse girl's physique that allowed her to withstand such a harsh environment and continue training. However, the harsh environment of the stadium would only make Saint King Halo, who was not good at endurance, feel more exhausted. In such a situation, let alone her, even the Emperor of the East China Sea did not dare to say that he could run 2400 meters stably.

But the Holy King's halo is like the knight in Don Quixote, moving aimlessly towards a virtual goal again and again, but being defeated again and again, but she is indomitable - no, this word is too unreasonable to use here, maybe it's just her own unwillingness.

With the blood of a noble family, although she has never been trained as a racehorse girl since she was a child, she still does not want to follow the path designed for her by her mother. She wants to prove that the blood of a noble family in her can definitely bring honor to her and her family.

There are many reasons why she embarked on the path of becoming a Uma Musume, but more of them were the Saint King Halo's paranoid self-esteem, the dispute with her mother, and her own disbelief in evil, which led to the current situation.

The trials that will begin tomorrow will not be the victory (gi victory) that the Holy King Halo has always been in line with for a famous family, but it is still an occasion where she can compete with many horse girls that she recognizes in the public eye. If she misses this opportunity, it will be difficult to compete with so many strong people next time.

And the most important thing is that this time, Saint King Halo's mother will also come. Saint King Halo does not want to show her defeat to others in front of her mother. This will not only make her lose face, but will also make her mother, who does not support her becoming a horse girl, more determined to do so.

Therefore, she must win, and to win, she must overcome such a cruel environment!

"Classmate Sheng Wang!"

At this moment, a voice slowly came from the heavy rain, but it was suddenly drowned by the sound of rain. Fortunately, even though the Holy King's halo was blurry, he could still see a little pink in the haze.

"Ulala-san?"

Recognizing the person approaching, Saint King Aura, who was half-kneeling on the ground due to fatigue, froze in expression. He said in a somewhat dull voice, "Classmate Wulala, it's raining heavily now. What are you doing here? You're not born into a noble family like me. You'll catch a cold in such a harsh environment."

"Go back quickly, I... will be back soon."

"Student Shengwang has been gone for an hour! Have you been running here the whole time?" Although Ulala is innocent and pure, she is not stupid. She is usually easy to fool but she just doesn't delve into the matter. However, in this situation, Ulala will not be persuaded to leave by Shengwang with just a few words.

"Mr. Shengwang, Ulala knows she can't make him leave, but, but, Ulala has found someone who can persuade you to go back!"

"The one who persuaded me to go back?"

Just as the Holy King Halo was muttering to himself, he noticed that a figure wearing a raincoat was slowly approaching from a distance. He was holding an umbrella in his hand. Under the gaze of the Holy King, he slowly approached.

And when Kitano, who was wearing a raincoat, held up an umbrella to shield the Holy King's Halo, which was half-kneeling on the ground, from the rain, and looked at the Holy King's Halo slightly raising its head and looking at his eyes, Kitano obviously understood what would happen next and what he should do.

It is very difficult to persuade this horse girl who cannot let go of her pride to go back. Kitano knows very well how to restore the Holy King's halo, but it is definitely not through persuasion.

But even so, this process must be followed.

"What are you doing here at this hour? You're going to ruin your health."

Kitano handed the other raincoat in his hand to Wulala beside him. Wulala had already discussed this with Kitano, so without further ado, she put the raincoat on the now dull Saint King Halo. Kitano also said slowly at this moment: "Come back with us. If you get sick, you really won't be able to participate in tomorrow's competition. In the end, you will only hurt yourself if you try to be brave."

"Are you pitying me?"

Upon hearing this, Saint King Halo stared blankly at Kitano in front of her. This was the man who had made her mood swings ever since he appeared in front of her.

For a moment, even Saint King Halo didn't know why her tone suddenly became so fragile, as if this man's appearance in front of her at this time could let down all her defenses. The strength, stubbornness and even disgust she pretended to have were all useless in front of this man.