Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 395 Methods of Triggering Domains

With a clearer idea in mind, Yasui Makoto quickly determined his next steps.

Trying to replicate the Emperor's springtime appreciation at the Takarazuka Memorial, a G1 tournament, would probably be absolutely impossible.

The Emperor's Spring Viewing is a long-distance race that the Northern Genko excels at, and there has been a lot of special training in this area in the past.

With talent and skill, even with risky strategies, the chances of winning are not small. Moreover, it is worth taking risks to master the field.

However, the Takarazuka Memorial is a middle-distance race, and a relatively short one at that, which is very different from the Emperor's Spring Appreciation Race in every respect.

This makes it quite difficult to even consider how to win the Takarazuka Memorial event, requiring a great deal of effort. Trying to design opportunities to trigger the domain based on the match situation is practically wishful thinking.

However, Yasui Makoto does not intend to give up on this matter. Since it is impossible to try at the Takarazuka Memorial, the training matches that need to be arranged during this period of special training are just the right opportunity.

The exact time of the race has not yet been determined, but the venue, schedule and opponents have been arranged. It will be held at the Tokyo racetrack, which is currently under renovation, on a 2400-meter turf track. The opponents will naturally be the senior racers who have come to assist this time, as well as the racehorses that have participated in special training.

Judging from the training over the past few days, the Northern Black Horse clearly needs more time to adapt, indicating that the training ground can be considered a challenge and a hurdle.

There's no doubt about the strength of the opponents. Both the seniors and the contemporaries are the best racehorse girls of their respective generations. Especially since they are a rehearsal for the Arc de Triomphe Prize, the seniors have experience in running away from home, which is also a challenge and difficulty.

Northern Black Horse himself has also shown a desire to surpass his predecessors. It can be said that both external conditions and internal motivation make this competition an opportunity to enter the field.

So, after analyzing the situation, Yasui Makoto found Dai Genjin, who was in charge of special training, in the cafeteria after returning to the academy by school bus, and wanted to confirm the training match arrangements.

……

With a slight frown, he carried his tray to a secluded spot. Before he could even sit down, Da Zhensheng glanced out of the corner of his eye and noticed someone approaching.

She glanced around instinctively and saw that it was Yasui Makoto. She was slightly surprised, but quickly nodded and said, "You've come at the right time. I just happened to have some things I need to confirm with you, Yasui. Is this a convenient time?"

Just as he was about to inquire about the training match arrangements, Yasui Makoto was also surprised to hear this.

However, he was in no hurry to express his thoughts, but nodded and said, "No problem, please speak, Chairman."

“No need to be so polite,” Da Zhen shook his head and asked instead:
“I’ve read all the training reports these past few days. Overall, Xiao Bei has the best adaptability to heavy-duty training – I see you’ve already finalized the plan for the next two weeks?”

Yasui Makoto nodded and said, "What's needed most in heavy terrain is strength, which happens to be what Kita is good at, so it will be easier for him to adapt."

"That's it..."

After a moment's thought, Da Zhenhan nodded and said, "In that case, I think we can arrange some adjustment training requirements for you."

"Training requirements?" Yasui Makoto was taken aback.

"You should know that this special training is actually aimed at the Arc de Triomphe Award in the second half of the year," Da Zhenzhen explained:
"The distance of 2400 meters is quite delicate, falling right between middle and long distance races. It requires a higher level of balance and speed."

"This is something Xiao Bei isn't good at, and it's not the target race distance either, so it's best if you make some adjustments instead of completely following the student council's training plan. "For example, in the next training session, try to get Xiao Bei to use the escape tactic to build up a high pace, and then strengthen the speed-changing interference in the second half of the race."

What do you think of this approach?

Yasui Makoto thought for a moment: "There shouldn't be any problem."

"With this adjustment, theoretically, Xiao Bei needs to increase his pace in the first half of the race, roughly... to keep the 1000 meters under 36 seconds, which is about the standard for the Takarazuka Memorial."

"Yes, that's what I meant."

He was greatly impressed and praised, "Moreover, the Golden Ship and Zhongshan Celebration are very suitable. Whether it is leading or chasing, there are corresponding running methods and paces, which are just right for training interference ability."

“No problem, I was just planning to enhance Xiao Bei’s adaptability to environmental stress,” Yasui Makoto nodded. “I will adjust the plan and submit it to you, Chairman.”

More and more satisfied with Yasui's reaction and thinking, Dai Zhen nodded approvingly again: "Then that's settled... By the way, did you come here to see me about something?"

Upon hearing this, Yasui didn't hide anything. After thinking for a moment, he explained his thoughts on the domain and his expectations for the training matches, and then said:
"...Regarding the domain, Yamato Akashi and Oguri Hat reminded me a long time ago that the industry has not yet reached a consensus on it, and there are not many stable triggering examples."

"If I had to say, perhaps Oguri Hat has a similar situation."

According to her, when she was in the military, her trainer instructed her to pay attention to the marker 200 meters before the finish line, and she did indeed succeed in entering the field in many competitions by relying on this.

"I'm not sure if this approach can be applied to Xiao Bei, but I'd like to try it out during this training match. What do you think, President?"

A profound silence fell.

She had seen the example Yasui Makoto mentioned in the files. The content was the same as what Yasui Makoto said, and it was one of the few cases in the field with a clear triggering method.

Moreover, some reports at the time gave this area of ​​Oguri Hat some names, such as "Grey Monster" and "Victory Spurs".

In fact, similar situations do exist. For example, Tamamo Cross, who was in the same class as Oguri Hat and was known as her nemesis, was also a Uma Musume Girl who mastered a domain, which was called "White Lightning".

The name is not important. What is important is that, unlike Oguri Hat, Tamamo Cross has no trigger mechanism, which means that it is completely uncontrollable.

It's not surprising that Yasui Makoto would think of how to help Kita Genko master the domain, or even use the competition to do so, since she learned about this plan from the Emperor on the day the spring viewing ended.

As the head of the special training group, she knew the arrangements for the training matches, and any subsequent adjustments were also decided by her.

The problem is that telling Yasui Makoto and Kita Genkoto about the competition schedule at this point doesn't quite fit the initial rules of the special training, and it even violates the student council regulations to some extent.

In a way, this is a bit like leaking exam questions, which is somewhat unfair to racehorse girls other than the Northern Black Horse.

"Sigh, how could Yasui have thought of this?" she sighed, feeling troubled.
"If we only consider helping Xiao Bei, it doesn't seem like it's not a bad idea, but how do we explain it to the others...?"
"So it would be great if President Emperor were here. If she were here, she would definitely be able to handle things properly..."

(End of this chapter)