The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

Chapter 081: Mubai Laien: Please stop pulling, it's broken

"Trainer Kitano, I won the match just now."

"I see, Shanxin, you did very well this time."

When facing Shanxin, Kitano's strategy was similar to that when facing the Holy King's Aura, but there were also some slight differences. Although Kitano seemed confident about the Holy King's Aura on the surface, he was actually a little uneasy about his strategy behind the confidence.

At this time, when Saint King Halo made a correct choice, Kitano would continue to compliment her in the right way, deepening Saint King Halo's confidence and affirmation in her decision this time, and when she encountered a similar situation next time, she would also adopt the correct strategy, and thus, with repeated correct strategies, she would learn more judgment skills to deal with complex situations.

However, Shanxin is completely different from the Holy King's aura. She has not yet figured out how to win, or in other words, she does not have a clear understanding of her own tactics. What she needs now is encouragement.

Kitano knows himself very well, so he understands what people like Shanxin, who actually have a personality similar to his, need most. They have experienced enough setbacks and hardships since childhood, and what they need is no longer criticism, but encouragement.

——Although it is easy to bloom with a little sunshine, it is still better than a seed that withers directly without sunshine, especially, even if the believer may make a wrong judgment, but if she gives it a try, she may still have a chance to turn defeat into victory. However, if she is always timid and unconfident in her own tactics, she will only miss opportunities and have no hope of winning at all.

What's more, the believer is running away, and it is a tactic of explosive escape. This tactic, jokingly called "brainless rush forward" by outsiders, is indeed quite demanding on the horse racing girl, but one thing is right - that is, under the premise of calculating physical strength and distance, winning will indeed require slightly less thinking than other tactics.

"This time, your escape tactic was very successful, Shanxin. I was originally worried that 2400 meters would be too long for you. It seems my worries were unnecessary. You seem to be handling it with ease."

This was half a lie. Kitano could see that Shanxin had lost speed in the final 100 meters, otherwise Cao Shangfei wouldn't have caught up so quickly. However, the gap at the beginning was too great, and Shanxin was holding on to his legs so tightly that he barely defeated Cao Shangfei.

The believer won this time by a narrow margin, but a win is a win, and the believer's escape tactic this time also sent a signal. If the believer loses speed at the end of the 2400-meter track, then with the believer's physical strength, there will be absolutely no problem in completing the 2200-meter semi-final and the 2000-meter final!

Therefore, this statement is only half false, that is, 2400 meters is easy for Shanxin, but the distances of the next two races are definitely enough for Shanxin to maintain without losing speed throughout the whole process.

"That's not the case... In fact, I felt that I was losing speed in the last section. I was so tired..." Shanxin rubbed his hair embarrassedly when he heard that, but he really benefited from Kitano's words. The tail behind Shanxin couldn't help wagging happily, which was the best proof.

This is Kitano's purpose. The same words, when spoken by himself or by others, will have completely different effects. In this way, believers can not only recognize their own shortcomings, but also receive Kitano's encouragement and maintain a good mood.

"But for some reason, I still gritted my teeth and persevered. Maybe I didn't want to let down Trainer Kitano's teachings for the past week—just kidding—"

"No, no, no, that's what you're really saying, isn't it, Sister Shanxin?" Meanwhile, McQueen, Dobber, and Ryan exchanged bewildered glances. From behind, they could clearly sense the shifts in Mejiro Shanxin's mood. They could almost guess with their toes what their sister Shanxin was thinking of Trainer Kitano.

This is definitely a crush on Trainer Kitano! After exchanging bewildered glances, the three Mejiro sisters finally confirmed their mutual goals.

——They must help the unsuspecting sister Shanxin to catch up with this man!

"But the question is, how do we do it?" Dob slowly approached and asked, "That's Sister Shanxin. I really can't imagine her liking someone... McQueen, do you know what to do?"

"I'm sorry... but I don't have any experience in love." McQueen opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't come up with any advice. Looking at her expression, it was unclear whether she really didn't know or simply didn't want to say it.

"Sister Ryan, you are the only one among us who has been in a relationship, right? Do you have any ideas?"

"Well, actually I don't really understand. What does it mean to have been in love? I haven't been in one either!" Ryan Mubai felt a little headache after hearing this, but he realized belatedly that McQueen had set a trap for him, and quickly retorted with a blushing face.

Ah, yes, yes, you and Trainer Fujiwara skipped the romance and successfully became adults, right? McQueen and Dobb rolled their eyes at their pretentious older sister. However, the three women talked for a long time but couldn't come to any conclusion. Kitano and Zenshin, on the other hand, seemed oblivious to their anomaly and continued their discussion until the very end.

With Kitano's encouragement, he also felt that Shanxin's mood was recovering a little from his initial lack of confidence, but at the same time, there was still a doubt lingering in Kitano's mind - that was the slightly open arms of Shanxin when he ran towards him a short while ago.

Does that mean a hug? Right? It wasn't the first time Kitano had hugged his Uma Musume for victory. Although the Uma Musume he hugged was different each week, he was still very familiar with this gesture.

But this time was different. This was the only time Kitano thought he was going to hug someone, but ended up stopping halfway. This made Kitano lose confidence. Did the believer just now really want to hug him?

She should have, right? After all, she had already made the move—but if so, why didn't she finish it, and instead pulled her hand back? And why hasn't she reacted yet?

So, he wanted to hug me at first, but then he didn't want to hug me later? Why? Is there something about him that doesn't make it suitable for hugging?

This problem is a bit confusing for Kitano now. A hug is very helpful to the believers now, but as a grown man, it is not appropriate for him to ask a girl if she wanted a hug just now, right?

If Shanxin answered "yes", it would be fine. If he answered "no", then Kitano would have to hide in the ground in shame. But if he didn't ask, Kitano felt a knot in his heart. He didn't know what caused Shanxin to want to hug her but then give up. What was wrong with him?

"What's wrong, Trainer? Why do you look like you want to say something but won't?"

However, Shanxin took the initiative to respond to Kitano's embarrassment, as if she had regained her sunny and helpful older sister self. She asked with a relaxed look, "Just say whatever you want to say. I'll listen."

Under Shanxin's encouraging gaze, Kitano hesitated a bit, but finally made up his mind. He opened his arms to Shanxin and said with a somewhat uncertain tone, "Well, Shanxin, don't you want a hug after your victory?"

"..." However, when Kitano said this, Shanxin was obviously stunned for a moment, staring at Kitano's arms opening to him. After being stunned, Shanxin's face turned red and he said hesitantly: "Well, I think..."

"No need. I feel a little embarrassed too." When Kitano saw Shanxin's reaction, he immediately realized that he had been being too sentimental and lowered his arm again.

Seeing Kitano lower his arm, Shanxin's pupils twitched suddenly, and he subconsciously said immediately: "No, that..."

"Is that what you want?" Kitano opened his arms again after hearing that, but Shanxin still did not continue to express his opinion.

"That...I..."

Shanxin really didn't want to reject Kitano's kindness, because she knew that if she rejected Kitano, Kitano would definitely feel sad, but she was a little afraid that if she really hugged Kitano, even if it was just a hug after victory, she would be deeply involved.

But seriously... I really want to hug Trainer Kitano, even if it's just a hug to celebrate victory.

Facing Kitano's open arms, Shanxin's inner impulse drove her to try to reach out her hand to respond, but she took a step forward several times and finally took a step back.

Should he hug her or not? Kitano looked at Shanxin, who was neither moving forward nor backward, and was completely unsure. He was even considering whether to give up on his own initiative. Shanxin seemed reluctant no matter how he looked at him.

However, while the two were still pulling each other, finally, one of the three sisters of the Mejiro family on the other side could no longer bear such torture.

"Ahhh! I can't take it anymore!"

"Wait! Sister Ryan?!"

Ryan Mubai wailed and rushed forward immediately, ignoring the obstruction of McQueen and Dobb, and immediately launched a backstab at the believer's back, moving forward and gently pushing the believer forward.

This gentle push made the hesitant Shanxin rush forward immediately, and seeing this, Kitano almost reflexively hugged Shanxin. The two who had been pulling each other for several minutes hugged each other in just a short moment.

"Shinshin, are you okay?" Kitano's voice rang out immediately, but Mejiro Shinshin's expression was completely frozen at this moment.

thump.

At that moment, the believer felt that his heart skipped a beat. Although it was only a brief moment, at that moment, the believer suddenly understood one thing.

I'm afraid that from now on, I will be running with new expectations, not the expectations of the Mejiro family. No one in her family has ever expected her to become successful.

She is going to run for new expectations, a new goal, not for anything else, just to get this warm hug again.

"I'm fine, Trainer Kitano, I'm fine."

"But, please don't let go now, okay? It's been a long time... since I hugged anyone other than my sister."

Shanxin said this, and she naturally hugged Kitano's back with her arms, feeling the heartbeat, temperature and breath of the person in front of her.

Will this be the next person who is as important to her as her sisters? Mejiro Zenshin doesn't know yet, but at least, she has confirmed one thing at this moment, that is, she must keep running.

She must join the team. No matter who her opponent is, this time, she will "lead" the whole game just like today.

Chapter 082: Mejiro Zenshin's Determination

Shanxin was abruptly pushed into Ryan's arms, and Kitano caught Shanxin out of reflex. However, what made Kitano hold Shanxin so tightly was Shanxin's unintentional words.

Shanxin said that she hadn't hugged anyone other than her sisters for a long time... This sentence touched a soft spot in Kitano's heart. As a person with low self-esteem and quite sensitive, although Kitano no longer lets this emotion affect his judgment, there is no doubt that he can still perceive faster than most people when a person is vulnerable, and... when they need company.

For example, a believer's words: Hugging is still a relatively intimate gesture in places like Japan. People who are not very close to each other rarely do such actions, even between the same sex.

Shanxin lacks companionship and friends... Although she has a friend named Datuo Sun God, Datuo Sun God is much more popular than Shanxin. In addition to Shanxin, she has many other friends, such as her favorite eldest lady "First Ruby". Even without this person, Sun God is very good at integrating into the environment. With her hot girl personality, she never lacks friends.

It is impossible for the Sun God to be with the believer all the time. She is not her personal friend. The believer herself is also very clear about this, so she has never expected the Sun God to have only her as a friend... no matter how lonely she is in her heart.

It may be hard to imagine that Mubai Shanxin, who has always been free and sunny and has countless fans in Tresen Academy, is actually lonely in his heart.

But this is the fact. Although countless mare racehorses will flock to where the believers are, none of them can chat with the believers for a long time. Most of them will be confused and lose their judgment after just two or three sentences. It seems as if they would go to the roof and shout "I am Miss Xin's dog in this life" if the believers asked them to do so.

This wasn't the kind of friendship the believer wanted. This kind of one-sided accommodation and unequal praise wasn't what she wanted.

However, the others never thought that Mejiro Shanxin was lacking friends. Most of them only saw Shanxin's glorious side, occasionally exclaiming in admiration, saying with envy, "Shanxin is so amazing, he's so popular."

And then, there was no more, and the believers have been in this misunderstanding. Everyone thinks she is very popular, but she is the only one who doesn't think so.

She has few friends at Trasen Academy and is not even valued by her family. Her two younger sisters, Mejiro Ryan and Mejiro McQueen, are both more talented than her and have been given the Mejiro family's mission - the Emperor's Award.

And Mejiro Dobo has shown great strength since childhood. Although Mejiro Guangming has mediocre qualifications, she is naive and lives a simple and harmless young lady. She does nothing but is simply happy.

Only she said that she didn't care, but in her heart she was happy that her two younger sisters were respected by the family, while she, the elder sister, was useless except for this title. No matter what achievements she made in other aspects, she was still worthless in the eyes of other family members, and they often compared her with her two younger sisters.

The believer knew that her mentality was just torturing herself, but she still refused to accept this reality.

Without the support of the Mejiro sisters, Mejiro Zenshin doesn't know if he could have come this far and become the Mejiro Zenshin that even he himself feels is his true self, the sunny and comforting Mejiro Zenshin.

But at that moment, someone told her that she could succeed, she could win and become a real horse girl.

For the first time, that person was not attracted by her face or her personality, but recognized her talent, her talent as a horse girl.

Even after just one week, his promises and results took effect. Now, the believer tasted the feeling of victory for the first time. She defeated several opponents whom she had never dared to think of before, those who were geniuses in her eyes.

She now finally felt that the world in her eyes seemed different. She suddenly discovered that she seemed not so far away from her highly respected sisters.

However, despite having so many words to say, Mejiro Zenshin, who was hugging Kitano at the moment, opened her mouth, then slowly closed her eyes. In her usual soft voice, she whispered, "Thank you, Trainer Kitano."

"Why are you thanking me all of a sudden? I just did what I should do." Although Kitano was not quite sure why Shanxin thanked him, he knew very well that a child like Shanxin must have condensed many words into this one thank you, and all he had to do was to accept it calmly.

"If after this week, you, Shanxin, have figured out your strengths and advantages, but can't even make it through a single elimination match, then I'll have to apologize again."

"Rather, I want to thank you, Shanxin. You gave me the courage to go on."

Yes, this match of Zenshin was the only one that made Kitano feel uneasy, because it was not only the first time for him to train Mejiro Zenshin, it was also the first time that Zenshin participated in a match beyond his memory. Therefore, compared to Bourbon, Mi Yu and Sheng Wang whom he had coached before, Kitano cared more about the result of Zenshin's match.

If Shanxin loses this time, it will only prove that Kitano has made no progress after so many rounds. His long-lost confidence and determination, which have just been awakened by the revelations of the three goddesses, will also be wiped out with this failure.

Fortunately, it seemed that time and experience had finally given Kitano some feedback. This small victory not only strengthened the confidence of the believers, but also strengthened Kitano's confidence.

Therefore, rather than thanking him, Kitano should thank Shanxin. This gave him the confidence and awareness that this round would not be reopened again.

"If you feel uncomfortable, crying will make you feel better, believer."

"I won't cry, Trainer Kitano."

She wanted to cry, but she no longer knew how to cry, and Shanxin didn't want to respond to Kitano's voice by crying.

She wanted to answer Kitano with victory and a proud smile of victory. She wanted to be able to win a GI race one day, stand tall and proudly announce to everyone that she was Kitano Ryuichi's horse girl.

It's not Mejiro's horse racing girl, Mejiro Zennobu, but Kitano Ryuichi's horse racing girl, Mejiro Zennobu. This is Zennobu's new target.

"Okay, hug time is over—"

At the moment of separation, as if to hide his shyness, Mejiro Zenshin used a little more force when pushing Kitano away. Then he quickly turned around and said with his back to Kitano, "Tonight, I will go with everyone to find Trainer Kitano. This time, I want to press the button first. Trainer Kitano, your grip is too weak."

"Sure enough, pressing three Uma Musumes in a row is tiring..." Kitano seemed a little unconvinced, but the next moment, seeing his body almost branded with the sweat of the believers who had finished the race, he smiled dumbly, nodded, and said, "Okay, this time, believer, you can go first."

"Then we have a deal. I'll be the first one."

It seems to be a double entendre, but at this moment even the believer himself does not know what the "first" he wants means.

"See you tonight, Trainer Kitano..."

I really hope that one day, I can just call you "trainer".

After saying goodbye to Kitano Ryuichi, Mejiro Zenshin turned his back to Kitano and faced his three sisters. Although Zenshin's smile was still the same as usual, at this moment, the three sisters of the Mejiro family could see the changes in Zenshin.

——Because except for her expression, her whole face was red, it was hard not to notice.

"Sister Shanxin!" As soon as Kitano left, Ryan, the instigator, approached excitedly, his face filled with joy and a hint of irritation as he said, "Really? We're only one step away! Sister Shanxin, why didn't you just propose joining Trainer Kitano's team? Given the atmosphere at the time, Trainer Kitano wouldn't refuse."

"This is a connection, Ryan. This is different."

Shanxin smiled softly upon hearing this. At this moment, she finally accepted her inner thoughts calmly and murmured to herself, "Using connections to join the team is not the method that Trainer Kitano likes. I must rely on my own strength to secure my place in the team."

"I want to become stronger, even if it's only for a short time, but... I want to surpass everyone, including the Emperor of the East Sea!"

"I want to be Kitano's number one horse girl!"

Yes, Mejiro Zenshin now has a new goal, a goal that she never dared to imagine before.

But now she seems to have realized that she wants to win because she feels supported.

She feels now...fulfilled...and happy.

Chapter 083: Qingyuntiankong wants to join Kitano's team?

As for Mejiro Zennobu's final realization, Kitano, who had already left for some distance, obviously didn't know about it. But even if he knew, given his personality, he wouldn't say much. Instead, he would support Zennobu to work towards his established direction, and would not mention a word about the fact that he had already decided on Zennobu.

Having a fallback plan can quickly boost confidence, but it can also foster laziness or irritability. Therefore, Kitano hopes that believers will strive to achieve their goals. After all, results earned through hard work are far more convincing than those achieved through backdoors, and they instill confidence in one's self.

The next and last race is the Rice Bath race. There are fewer horse girls participating in this 3000-meter long-distance race than in other races, because most of the participants this time are freshmen horse girls from the middle school department, and there are few horse girls with the endurance to run long distances.

Most of the new horse racing girls are already exhausted after running a mile race. Those who are a little stronger can only run middle distances. The 2400-meter race is a big challenge for some senior horse racing girls who have trained for a long time, not to mention that this time they start with a 3000-meter race.

This also resulted in very few horse girls participating in the 3000m elimination race this time, and they could only barely make up one race. In this race, Mi Yu, who was born with extremely strong endurance, could only be considered a rival of the horse girl named "Qingyun Tiankong".

To be honest, when Kitano heard the name "Qingyun Tiankong", his heart trembled, and he remembered her epic 3000-meter escape in the Kikukasou race. This horse girl can be said to be the only one who became a member of the golden generation as a low-blooded horse girl. She means a lot to Kitano.

In a sense, the existence of Qingyun Tiankong was a benchmark for mediocre people like Kitano. Although Kitano had never taught Qingyun Tiankong in any of the games, because in his impression of the previous games, Qingyun Tiankong either had a trainer very early or his attitude towards him was ambiguous.

This also made Kitano almost acquiesce in his mind and gave up the idea of ​​striving for Qingyun Tiankong. However, she actually came to participate in the selection this round, which surprised Kitano.

Is there no trainer in this round of Blue Sky? If so...