Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 347 Domain State in Less Than 1 Second

"Does Senior Air Tank feel the same way? I mean... Xiao Bei's domain?"

Some asked impatiently, and Yasui Makoto quickly searched on the tablet and examined it carefully.

The concept of "domain" has always been shrouded in mystery in the world of Uma Musume, with legends saying that only a very few exceptionally talented Uma Musume can briefly come into contact with this legendary realm.

Furthermore, even brief contact requires a specific context.

For example, having enough conviction and facing sufficiently powerful challenges.

When a racehorse girl enters her domain state, she can be said to have entered a state similar to "selflessness," where her sensory perception is amplified several times over, and her body instinctively makes the most precise reactions.

Beyond these rumors, there is corresponding research in academia.

For example, the state of "selflessness" can indeed be proven to exist based on very limited data, interviews with trainers, their insights, and the self-experiences of top-level racehorse girls.

Makoto Yasui had never ignored this state of affairs and had been studying it.

That's why he felt that the performance of the Northern Black Horse was somewhat inconsistent with the research results, making it difficult to make a judgment.

After inquiring, he had already connected to the database at the training ground and retrieved footage of the Northern Black Horse crossing the finish line.

He turned the playback speed down to the slowest setting, scrutinizing the screen back and forth, his brow furrowing deeper and deeper.

"The performance time... was too short."

"It was less than a second. I can only say that in such a short time, Xiao Bei did give me the feeling of entering a new realm."

Pointing at the screen, he looked up and saw that the air tank, though silent, was also watching intently. His spirits lifted, and he continued:

"She has reached her limit now, or rather, she reached her limit a little earlier."

"It was clearly difficult to maintain my breathing, and my arm swing and steps were different from normal, they were already a bit disordered."

"But subtly, there is a strange harmony in her performance."

As he spoke, he turned the slow-motion footage back on:
"Look, I feel like she's like... a precisely functioning machine right now, with an indescribable smoothness in the movement of each joint."

"but……"

Looking at the screen, he pondered.

After waiting a while and seeing that Yasui Makoto hadn't spoken, Qi Kuo looked up from the tablet screen and asked again:

"but what?"

"However, it's true that Senior Air Slot is a Domain-level racehorse girl."

Yasui Makoto frowned and pondered, "Then it should be clear that the domain... doesn't seem to be that short."

"At least none of the ones I've come into contact with have."

"All the information I could find indicated that even the shortest duration of such a situation was at least a few seconds, which is much shorter than those... Xiao Bei's condition was really too short."

"Moreover, Xiao Bei already possesses extremely strong willpower, extraordinary physical strength, and endurance, so I was thinking..."

Yasui rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache.

"Could it be that she just unleashed her potential because it was her first time experiencing such an intense competition and she was so close to the finish line?"
"Or rather, the remaining physical strength and endurance were fully utilized under the influence of willpower?"

"Anyway..."

He hesitated as he looked at the air tank:

"Senior, do you think Xiao Bei... has really entered the realm?"

The gas tank didn't answer immediately, but stared at Yasui Makoto for a while, then suddenly smiled.

Then, under Yasui Makoto's astonished gaze, she gave an irrelevant answer:

"So I said from the beginning that there was no need to rush into work, Yasui."

After saying this, without waiting for a response, her expression turned serious, and she asked in a deep voice:

"Yasui, let me ask you, is Xiao Bei supposed to be able to exit the brakes, accelerate, and take corners right from the start?"

Yasui Makoto paused, instinctively wanting to shake his head, but he felt the issue of the energy gauge was important, so he pondered for a moment. However, after thinking it over, he realized the answer was still no, so he hesitantly said:

"Of course... no."

"It's true that Xiao Bei is very talented, but her development or growth period is a bit longer than others."

"I have calculated her development curve, and it is quite obvious that it was not until around the middle of last year that her physical fitness and overall physical condition reached the level of the beginning of the same period."

"By the end of the year, her data in this area had not yet reached its peak."

"If we're really talking about the peak..."

He hesitated for a moment:
"I guess we can only say that we're barely close now."

After saying that, he looked expectantly at the air tank:

"So... what is it you want to say, senior?"

Without keeping everyone in suspense, he smiled wryly while maintaining a serious expression:

What I'm trying to say is very simple; it's just that you're too involved to see clearly, while an outsider can see things more clearly.

“You care about Xiaobei and hope she can be even more outstanding, which is perfectly fine.”

"But because of this, you forgot something..."

She pointed to the examination room, which had its doors tightly shut:

"I have indeed experienced the domain, and it is indeed very powerful."

"But in essence, the role of the domain is still the basics of speed, strength, and skill, only it brings all of these to their limits."

"Since speed, strength, and skill aren't things Xiao Bei can learn right away..."

She looked back and slowed her speech:
"Why do you think that something as difficult as domain, which is arguably the most difficult thing for racehorse girls, can be mastered by Kobe so easily?"

Yasui Makoto's eyes widened in an instant. He understood the guidance from the energy gauge and also realized another misconception that comes from being too close to the situation.

Northern Black Horse has consistently performed exceptionally well, completing training tasks flawlessly and achieving remarkable results in races.

In addition, he was already aware of the various talents and future achievements of the Northern Black Steed, and unintentionally developed a kind of obsession that he himself was unaware of.

He actually used the standard of "perfection" to measure the performance of the Northern Black Horse.

But they forgot that growth and progress in any area, even a field, is a gradual process.

He has been witnessing this gradual process all along.

On the training field, they worked tirelessly, wiping away sweat with their hands covered in grass clippings and mud, giving their all in every race...

Including the realm state that just ended, which lasted less than a second.

That stubborn and hardworking black-haired girl has gotten to where she is today by doing everything she can, bit by bit.

"...I understand now, I was too anxious..."

Yasui Makoto took a deep breath, somewhat embarrassed and apologetic, and said, "I'm sorry, I..."

The air tank suddenly interrupted him:

"There's nothing to apologize for in this kind of thing, because you didn't do anything wrong at all."

"Not only did you not do anything wrong, but in my opinion, you did something right."

Yasui Makoto was taken aback: "You did one thing right... What did you do right?"

"Finally, he's starting to look like a rookie trainer."

Smiling, Qi Kuo leaned closer and patted Yasui Makoto on the shoulder:

"To be honest, knowing you for so long has been quite stressful at times."

"You are excellent. There is nothing to criticize in terms of training guidance, and you are also excellent in terms of interpersonal skills. This often makes me feel that I, as your senior, have nothing to teach you."

(End of this chapter)