Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 38 True Winner Stage

There were still 5 races after the Northern Xuanju race ended, and Yasui Zhen did not stay to watch.

Live broadcasts and other spectators could see that this match was noticeably faster than similar events, and he was even more aware of it.

He calculated at the moment the race ended that compared to her debut race, Northern Black Horse finished 0.4 meters per second faster, which is a significant increase in the high-speed competition among horse racing women.

Not only that, this race is 200 meters longer than the debut match, so the consumption is naturally greater.

Although he knew that his horse girl had an extraordinary physique, he was still concerned about her, so as soon as the game was over, he went straight from the audience to the medical area.

Also traveling with them were Yamato Akagi and Vodka.

The two of them came here to cheer for Northern Xuanju, and they also have rich experience. They are also aware that the younger generation will probably be very exhausted in this game.

However, when they arrived at the medical area, the three were surprised to find that Northern Xuanju was not there.

Just when they were feeling confused, a horse racing girl just walked out of the medical examination room.

"Yamato-senpai? Vodka-senpai?"

After a pause, she quickly bowed.

"Hello, seniors and this gentleman. I'm Satomi Benten. It's our first meeting, so please take care of me."

After greeting, Satomi Benten asked doubtfully, "What brings you three to the infirmary...?

"It's Ben Teng. The match just now was very good, and the last kick was quite sharp."

Vodka smiled first and said, "To be honest, it's a pity. If you could speed up earlier, you would probably be able to overtake Xiaobei."

"Xiaobei... Beibu Xuanju-san?"

Surprised, Satomi Benten bit his lips, unconsciously clenched his hands, and then quickly released them.

"Are you three...looking for Northern Xuanju-san?"

When asking the question, she unconsciously looked at An Jingzhen.

"Well, I'm her trainer, An Jingzhen. It's our first meeting, please take care of me."

Noticing Satomi's darting gaze, Yasui Makoto nodded and said, "Has Xiaobei finished her examination?"

There was a flash of astonishment in Satomi Benten's eyes.

He is the trainer of Northern Black Colt... Is he really as young as Crown and Diamond said?
"...Well, the doctor said she's in pretty good health and there's nothing wrong with her."

As he answered with astonishment, Satomi Benten unconsciously clenched his hands, then quickly released them, raised his arms and pointed towards the lounge.

“She came out, received a call and then headed in that direction.

"I have some things to do here, so please forgive me for not being able to take you three with me.

"Excuse me."

After bowing gracefully, the horse racing girl left in a very decisive manner.

Looking at her back, Yasui Zhen thought for a moment and sighed softly.

At the same time, two sighs were heard from the side.

He exchanged a glance with Yamato Akagi and Vodka, who were sighing, and immediately realized that they were probably thinking the same thing as him. He sighed again, then said nonchalantly:
"Let's go and take a look in that direction."

Without saying a word, they nodded silently and walked towards the lounge with Yasui Makoto.

They originally thought they would have to search for a while after arriving, but when they were still some distance away from the hall door, they heard a familiar and high-pitched voice.

"Ah—the festival—ah—the festival—ah—the festival of the harvest year—hey hey hey hey—"

Ordinary and simple lyrics, ethereal and youthful voice, sonorous and powerful melody.

Generally speaking, putting these three together would sound strange, but the song heard at this moment is full of inspiring power.

This was naturally Kita Genkoma's voice, and the song she sang was arguably Japan's most famous song, "Matsuri." Yasui Makoto was also very familiar with it. For more than a decade, every time he watched the Red and White Songs Festival with his parents during the New Year holidays, this song was always the finale.

In a sense, the Red and White Songs Contest is somewhat like the Japanese Spring Festival Gala, and this song is undoubtedly comparable to "Unforgettable Tonight".

After Northern Black Horse sang a line, the next line was not sung by Northern Black Horse, but came from an old man.

The old man looked to be in his seventies, but the strength he displayed when he opened his mouth was totally unlike that of an old man.

If the singing of the northern black horse is as clear as a yellow oriole, the old man's singing is as loud as an eagle.

And it's not just the powerful singing voice. Even if he doesn't know much about music, Yasui Zhen can feel that the latter's singing skills are all-round and overwhelming, far beyond what Kita no Xuanju can compare to.

He was not surprised at all, because the old man was the original singer of the song "Festival", the music giant Saburo Kitajima who had performed on the Red and White Songs Festival for 50 consecutive years.

When Yasui Shin recognized Kitajima Saburo, the two horse girls next to him also recognized him.

"...Xiaobei's grandfather?"

Yamato Akagi was stunned and said, "Why is he here... Oh, right, Xiaobei said during dinner that her grandfather would come to watch her competition today."

"That's great!"

Vodka said excitedly: "I could only hear this old man sing on TV before, but I didn't expect to hear him sing live today. I am so lucky!"

Upon hearing this, An Jingzhen nodded silently.

While looking up information about Kita no Genju, he also learned about Kitajima Saburo.

It has to be said that even though he doesn't know much about music, it doesn't prevent him from respecting the old man.

It was because of this old man and many musicians of his time that the Japanese folk song "Enka" developed and spread to the world, and "Masai" is one of the representatives.

In addition, the old man’s experience also touched An Jingzhen deeply.

From the interview, it can be seen that the old man was born in a poor fishing village in Hokkaido, and his family made a living by fishing.

He has loved singing since he was a child. In order to pursue his dream, he went to Tokyo alone after graduating from high school.

And I never gave up, and have come to where I am today step by step.

Even if the details were not mentioned in the interview, one can imagine how difficult it was.

In an interview, when asked about the secrets of success and talent, the old man said:

"I never thought I had any gifts or talents, let alone a genius.

“There are so many people who are more gifted and talented than me, and I’ve met so many over the decades.

"Compared to those real geniuses, I just sing day after day, singing non-stop, singing desperately.

“Sometimes I feel resentful, resentful that those who are more gifted, more talented, have more energy and time are so lazy.

“Why can’t they give me all the wasted things because I still have so much more I want to create through my singing.

"Then I realized that talent, ability, and genius are all ultimately discovered by oneself, bit by bit. Otherwise, even if you have them, they will be buried.

“Then I started singing again.

"Then, quite by chance, I looked back.

"My former friends and rivals disappeared without a trace.

"I'm the only old guy left standing at the top of the so-called Japanese music world.

"And a bunch of bored and lazy guys sat at the foot of the mountain, pointing at me and muttering,

"Who made that person a genius?"

(Xiao Bei who sang very hard, the animation of the game's big move should be the neta horse owner
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(End of this chapter)