Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 385 Rivals in the Takarazuka Memorial

After the East Sea Emperor and the others made their decision, they didn't rush to tell Yasui Makoto. After all, as student council members, they had a lot of work to do before and after each G1.

For example, ensuring the smooth running of the awards ceremony, and preparing the winners' stage, etc.

By the time the suggestion was told to Yasui Makoto, it was already several days later in the afternoon.

That day, while focusing on training Kita Genko beside the training track at Treson Academy, Yasui Makoto caught a glimpse of an approaching figure out of the corner of his eye.

He turned around and glanced at it. After a moment of surprise, he raised his hand and greeted him: "Good afternoon, President of Emperor."

The one who came over was the Empress of the East Sea. At this moment, she was wearing a school uniform and looked like a student who was just strolling around after training.

However, the composed demeanor she exuded was clearly not something that ordinary students possessed.

"It's almost evening, the cafeteria will be opening soon. Hello, you two, Yasui and Aki-chan."

After giving a casual reply and greeting Yasui Makoto and Aloe, the Emperor of the East Sea walked over to them, crossed his arms, and looked at the track:

"How is Xiao Bei's training going?"

Upon hearing this, amidst the greeting of "Good evening, Chairman Emperor" from Almond-eyed, Yasui Makoto also looked towards the track.

As the Emperor of the East Sea said, it was already evening, and there weren't many racehorse girls still training on the track.

Therefore, accompanied by energetic "Heave-ho!" as the Northern Black Horse sprints back and forth on the track, it is particularly eye-catching.

"The training... went very smoothly."

Feeling that the Emperor of the East Sea's question was too general, Yasui Makoto then answered about the arrangements for the past two days: "These past few days have been spent on short-distance, high-intensity sprint training, with the usual schedule being 6 sets of 400-meter sprints."

"After Xiao Bei adapts tomorrow or the day after, he will participate in 200-meter, 400-meter, and 600-meter variable-distance sprints. After that, sand and slope training will be added."

Like the Northern Black Horse, Yasui was a racehorse girl, and the Emperor of the East Sea immediately understood Yasui's intentions:
Does it enhance muscle contraction ability and lactic acid tolerance?

It feels so convenient to chat with a professional like the Emperor of the East Sea. Yasui Makoto perked up and nodded, saying:
"That's right, the Takarazuka Memorial race is too short for Koho. If it were 800 or 1000 meters longer, she wouldn't have any major problems with her current ability. She can just train step by step."

"After all, whether compared with her predecessors or her peers, her endurance, strength and explosive power are top-notch."

"But even though it's unclear what kind of opponents she'll face, her advantage in this area will be greatly reduced in the 2200-meter race, and her lack of sustained bursts of speed and acceleration will become even more apparent."

"The only effective way to address this kind of talent-based advantage or disadvantage is through short-term adaptive training."

After speaking with increasing seriousness, he suddenly smiled easily and changed the subject:
"Fortunately, the next Takarazuka Memorial is about two months away, so there is still plenty of time to arrange many special training programs."

"And as I said at the beginning, Xiao Bei's training went very smoothly, and I think it will continue to be so in the future."

As he said this, Yasui was very curious about the purpose of the East Sea Emperor's visit.

According to the requirements for trainers, the training content is the kind of content that needs to be promptly recorded in a work log and reported to the student union.

After the Emperor's spring appreciation, there will be the Takarazuka Memorial. This schedule was set at the beginning of the year, and there were preliminary plans and various filings before going to Dubai, which included the current training content.

These documents were submitted to the student council two months ago, so the East Sea Emperor must know about them. And this student council president's visit this time certainly wasn't just to check if Yasui Makoto and Kita Genko were training according to the plan.

While Treson Academy's structure is similar to other high schools, its student council is entirely different.

The student council here also assists teachers and students in completing teaching tasks, but more importantly, it works with the council and URA Association to complete various tasks related to the Shining Series.

The second half of the work was very busy.

Putting aside other things, you can often see the student council presidents like Tokai no Tōkai and Megumi McQueen at the academy, and at the same time, you can see them being interviewed and participating in various activities on the TV or mobile phone in the cafeteria.

Although it's unclear how they manage their time, they always seem incredibly busy, making one wonder if they have some kind of ability to be in multiple places at once, otherwise how could they accomplish so much?

Not to mention the local academies, the central academy has more than 2000 students every year. If we had to check the training status of each and every racehorse girl, we would really need a clone technique to do it.

Therefore, Yasui Makoto thought that the Emperor of the East Sea must have something important to do to come here.

While Yasui was pondering with curiosity, the Emperor of the East Sea observed the training of the Northern Black Steed for a while.

Then, she nodded in satisfaction, took out her phone, tapped a few buttons, and handed it to Yasui Makoto:
“You’re right. Compared to opponents who might leave for Takarazuka Memorial, Koki does have a clear disadvantage at the 2200-meter distance.”

Yasui was stunned.

Judging from what the Emperor of the East Sea said, it seems that he already knows the list of those who left Takarazuka Memorial.

The problem is that this competition requires a special fan vote, but the voting activity hasn't started yet.

It's only early May, while the Takarazuka Memorial is at the end of June. In between, there's the equally noteworthy G1 All-Japan Derby.

In terms of public attention, the voting for the Takarazuka Memorial is usually held after the Japanese Derby, at which point it is possible to roughly determine who the contestants are.

Despite his doubts, he took the phone and examined it carefully.

The phone screen displayed a list, along with the names of the URA Association, the Council, and the Student Union.

On the list, the name "Northern Black Horse" is prominently listed first. Following it are some very familiar names: Katsunoshi, Roaring Thunder, Clear Sky, Satomi Crown, High-Class Steed, Clever Labyrinth...

They were basically all former rivals of the Northern Black Horse.

The list wasn't long, only about twenty racehorse girls' names. Yasui Makoto quickly finished reading it and looked at the East Sea Emperor with a puzzled expression.

"It's more of an internal prediction," the Emperor of the East Sea explained with a smile, noticing Yasui's confusion at a glance.
"Although the Takarazuka Memorial and Arima Memorial both require special votes to confirm the list of those who left, if we wait until June to vote, the publicity and other work will be too rushed."

"So there are still many ways to get preliminary results before that. We prepare our plans in advance using these methods, and then we just need to make adjustments based on the actual voting results."

"If you stay in this industry long enough, these things are no secret."

"Simply put, besides you and Xiao Bei, the other female racehorses and their trainers all have various ways to obtain this list and find out who their opponents might be earlier."

"But if it's you, Yasui, you must have compiled similar lists before, right?"

(End of this chapter)