Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 363 A formidable opponent who can be described as monstrous
A few days later, in the evening, at the training ground of Treson Academy.

After completing the last set of today's endurance training, Gao Shangjunyi ran a few more steps forward on the track as a buffer before jogging slowly toward the outer rest area.

It's now late April, the time when major G1 tournaments are being held in the first half of the year.

The cherry blossom viewing and Satsuki viewing seasons have already ended in the first half of the month.

And soon the Emperor will be enjoying the spring scenery.

Following the Emperor's springtime viewing, there will be the NHK Mile Cup, the Victoria Mile, the Japanese Derby and the Oaks Race, Yasuda and Takarazuka...

In short, before the summer training camp, there will only be more racehorse girls undergoing various special training sessions at the training grounds for different races, not fewer.

So, leaving the track and going to the rest area promptly after practice is an unwritten rule for everyone to make things convenient for each other.

Before he even reached the rest area, Gao Shangjunyi's ears twitched. From the opposite corner of the training field, a shout of "Hey ya hey ya" came from afar.

Even though she had heard those energetic shouts countless times since the start of training and knew exactly who the voice came from, she couldn't help but look in the direction of the sound after running a few steps forward without realizing it.

As expected, the one strapped with a parachute and wearing a very distinctive black outfit, charging forward at full speed, was none other than Northern Black Horse, with whom they had dinner just a few days ago.

It just so happened that during the dinner party that day, Gao Shangjunyi pretended to be very hungry and buried his head in his food. In fact, he overheard his friend with short black hair saying that the training this week would consist of parachute sprinting combined with weight training.

This training method is easy to understand; it's self-explanatory.

However, she couldn't help but look up in surprise, only to find that the Satomi sisters, Shinobu Shinko, and Roaring Thunder were also looking at Kita Genko with strange expressions.

Then, Satomi Kouma, holding her forehead, spoke her mind:

"Parachutes and weights, you've really got some serious skills, Xiao Bei... But, only a monster like you could probably handle this level of special training, right...?"

Gao Shangjunyi strongly agrees with this statement.

Although she had never competed against Northern Black Horse, she had learned a great deal about him from various interviews, match videos, and even his trainers' guidance.

Leaving aside her increasingly dazzling achievements, from a training perspective, what's even more remarkable about that black-haired girl is her seemingly inexhaustible stamina, boundless enthusiasm, outrageous strength, and incredible patience in repeating any training exercise.

When these things were mentioned, her trainer said this very seriously:

"If someone only has one or two special skills, or even three, they might not be considered formidable; they would simply be a strong opponent."

"But now it's not just me and my familiar colleagues, it can be said that the entire industry is paying more and more attention to the Northern Black Steed, which can bring all these characteristics together in itself."

"And that's not the worst part."

"The scariest thing is that even though she has already firmly established herself at the top of the generation, even if the degree is very small, she is still growing."

"Gao Shang, your friend, who may very well become your rival in the future, she..."

"Extremely powerful, monstrous in its power."

However, although she knew these things in the past, she had never really paid attention to them.

After all, while she was still striving for a ticket to the Grand Prize Race, Kita Genko was already a G1 class racehorse girl. The two had no chance to compete, so there was no need for her to pay attention to them.

Now, however, we can't ignore it.

In just over a week, the two will meet at the Emperor's Spring Festival, and the trainer's special emphasis was precisely for this match.

Therefore, during these past two days of training, classes, and even breaks and lunch breaks, she has been paying attention to the Northern Black Horse, intentionally or unintentionally. Putting aside other aspects for the time being, just in terms of training alone, she has truly experienced what a monster really is.

Comparing it to her own experience, she has done parachute sprints before, where she would experience 20% to 50% or even more resistance during training, which is already twice that of regular training.

Meanwhile, the Northern Black Horse was not only still wearing weighted clothing, but also had more training sets, and each set lasted longer.

Similarly, the other training of the Northern Black Horse is also above average, probably by at least 30%.

If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad, but the other person's recovery ability also seems to be stronger than most people's.

It's not easy to judge this carefully. Based on impressions and feelings, Northern Black Horse's recovery exercises should be two or three sets less than hers.

At this moment, after deliberately gazing at the situation across the training field for a while, Gao Shangjunyi adjusted his hat and sighed silently.

She turned around, put her hands in her pockets, and walked towards the fence of the field, unconsciously kicking at the grass stalks, muttering to herself:

"Sigh, it feels like a dream. It feels like I just finished the Hanshin Grand Prix yesterday, and now I'm already enjoying the spring scenery with the Emperor..."

"Besides, aren't I such a big fan difference between Xiao Bei and me? How come we're suddenly going to have to compete in G1...?"

"Can I really compete with that kind of opponent like this...?"

As she was feeling somewhat lost and self-pitying, she glanced unintentionally at the sidelines and suddenly froze.

In the distance, two racehorse girls walked towards us from the direction of the teaching building.

The girl on the left has long, dark blue hair, blue-purple gradient eyes, and is slightly taller.

The one on the right is slightly shorter, with long black hair tied into twin ponytails on the left and right, and eyes with a blue-purple gradient.

Aside from having the same eye color, both of them were wearing hats, but the size and style of the hats were different, and they were both wearing the school uniform of Treson Academy.

Looking at the two racehorse girls, and seeing them wave and greet him from afar after noticing him, Gao Shangjunyi also raised his hand, then muttered to himself in confusion:
"Sister... came so early? And... why is Qiangji here too?"

As she was talking to herself, the two female racehorses walked to the side of the track, greeted a trainer standing there, and then quickly came over.

He stepped forward to greet them, adjusting his hat and asking in confusion, "So, what exactly is going on with you...? I didn't just ask my sister for help..."

Before she could finish speaking, the shorter Qiangji suddenly puffed out his cheeks, put his hands on his hips, and said with dissatisfaction, "So, what do you mean, you're unhappy that I came all this way to cheer you on during your training?"

"Uh... I didn't say that, it's just..."

Hearing her sister's familiar way of questioning, Gao Shangjunyi suddenly felt a headache coming on. She, too, habitually gave up after only half a sentence of explanation, instead pulling down her hat brim and saying irritably:

"Fine, whatever you want..."

"What do you mean 'whatever I want'? You really are... cough cough..."

After a couple more rhetorical questions, Qiang Ji suddenly coughed twice, rubbed his throat, glared at Gao Shangjunyi with dissatisfaction, snorted, crossed his arms, turned his head away, and stopped talking.

Noticing Qiangji's cough, Gao Shangjunyi paused for a moment, then said with concern:

"Hey, what I meant was, didn't the doctor tell you to rest and recover properly? So why did you come here with your sister?"

(End of this chapter)