Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 418: The topic of "Defeating a horse girl despite being human"
Facing Miura Bourbon, a top-tier female racehorse, the challenger, although also a female racehorse, appears to be quite young and likely has a lot of room for improvement.

So, although the latter lasted for more than 10 seconds after taking the field, he was still caught by Mipu Bobang behind a treadmill with a blank expression.

After the challenger was caught, the commentary booth started playing live footage, while cheers and applause erupted from the stands.

Amidst the commotion, Miura Bourbon smiled slightly, shook hands with his opponent, and the competitors on both sides of the field also stood up and walked to the center of the field, shaking hands with each other in a spirited manner.

Intentionally or unintentionally observing the situation on the field, Yasui Makoto and Kita Genko followed Special Week along the edge of the field and soon arrived at the commentator's box.

Similar to the registration area, there were also two female racehorses at the commentary booth. One of them had long, light brown hair, which was styled into two ponytails at the back of her head. She looked very sweet and cute.

The other one looked much more mature, with long, smooth, reddish-brown hair and gentle, bright blue eyes.

Upon seeing the two, before Special Zhou could even offer an introduction, Northern Black Steed stepped forward and bowed, saying:
"Greetings, seniors! Senior Eagle, thank you for your explanation just now! Senior Maruzenski, I never expected to see you here!"

Hearing the greeting, the two racehorse girls looked over together. The racehorse girl with twin tails had her eyes light up and said:

"Wow! It's a cute and energetic junior! And she looks so familiar..."

After a moment of thought, her eyes lit up again: "You...you wouldn't happen to be Northern Black Steed? I've seen your competitions and performances, you're amazing, you're totally the type of a top idol!"

"Thank you, Senior Flying Eagle, for the compliment!"

Northern Black Horse bowed excitedly and said, "It's all thanks to the trainers' hard work and daily efforts, plus a bit of luck. I still have a lot to learn and work hard at!"

"Oh! How modest! Please take care of me, Kita Genko!"

As the bright-eyed eagle greeted them warmly, Maruzensky, who had been smiling with great interest, looked at Kita Genko with a hint of amusement and said:
"I didn't expect to see me here... Are you not welcoming me?"

“Ah, what?”

Completely unprepared for Maruzen's question, Kita Genko was momentarily flustered: "N-no, that's not what I meant! Of course, I'd love to welcome a legendary racehorse like Maruzen-senpai!"

After saying that, she scratched her head awkwardly, "It seems... that's not quite appropriate to say it like that, since I'm not one of the organizers of this event..."

Seeing the Northern Black Horse in this state, Maru Zenkichi chuckled, then extended his hand, saying with a hint of apology:
"Sorry, sorry, it was just a joke."

"Well, originally I wasn't in charge of this event. Lu Duo initially planned to have Gao Feng come, since the Meguro family had invested in it, so she could be considered half a host."

"As it turns out, Gao Feng was busy with something and said he was too busy. Emperor and McQueen were busy with the Japanese derby, so I had no choice but to make a trip."

"And ah..."

After shaking hands with the bewildered Northern Black Horse and patiently and kindly explaining the situation, Maru Zenki smiled and patted the conspicuous flying eagle beside him:
"We were fortunate to have Fei Yingzi as the host and commentator for this event, and we were fortunate to have Meipu Bourbon as a guest."

"Since the little wind god happened to be working, I thought about it and asked Suzuka to come and help out."

"Of course, if Little Te comes to the event, Suzuka will almost certainly come too."

Upon hearing this, the Northern Black Steed was still confused and looked even more puzzled, while Zhou, in particular, just chuckled and scratched his head, saying:
"Hehehe, Maruzen-senpai really knows me and Suzuka well... Oh right, I haven't introduced them yet."

After chuckling, Zhou pointed to Yasui Makoto and said, "Ko Kita... that is, Kita Genko. Maru Zen-senpai should have seen her matches, and then this one..."

"This is Mr. Yasui, the trainer of the Northern Black Horse."

Perhaps because of their close relationship, or perhaps it was just his personality, Maruzensky extended his hand to Yasui Makoto and casually smiled as he replied, "Mr. Yasui is one of the most watched trainers right now. Even in the university, we often mention him when we're working or chatting."

Yasui Makoto was surprised when he instinctively shook hands with Maruzensky.

Currently, this "Uma Musume Chase" seems to be larger in scale than expected. Almost all of the people involved in the event that we have seen so far are G1-class Uma Musume.

The person in front of us is a very special existence, even among top-level players like G1.

A legend with eight wins in eight races throughout his career, capable of pulling ahead of second place by more than 10 horse lengths in a race like G1... This is Maruzensky, known as the "Phantom Supercar".

Besides, Maruzen is also a senior to the other female racehorses present, and can even be said to be the senior among seniors.

After all, when she debuted, Rudolf, the former student council president of Tressen Academy, hadn't even debuted yet.

Unexpectedly, Yasui Makoto was the subject of these horse racers' casual conversations, and couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Speaking of which...would you mind knowing what Maruzen-senpai thinks of me?"

"Well..."

He responded with a nod, blinked his azure eyes, and smiled before changing the subject: "How about I wait until I see Yasui-kun's performance with my own eyes before giving my evaluation?"

"Performance...?" Yasui Makoto didn't understand what he meant at first.

"Yes, aren't Yasui-kun and Koki coming to participate in the event?"

He addressed her in a very familiar manner, and Maru Zensky pointed to the activity area:
"As a trainer, a certain level of physical fitness is still necessary, so looking at performance is a more accurate way to evaluate. Don't you think so, Yasui-kun?"

"That's true..."

Since he was going to participate in the event anyway, and didn't necessarily need to hear the evaluation, Yasui Makoto quickly smiled and said with relief, "Then can we start the competition now?"

“Starting now is no problem, but…”

While maintaining a friendly demeanor, Maruzensky's eyes flashed with thoughtfulness as he pinched his chin:

"Yasui-kun must have realized that this event was a publicity stunt to coincide with the Japanese derby."

"The original idea was to attract more people, especially young people, by competing with Uma Musume. So, similar events will be held in Shibuya, Shinjuku, Akihabara, Kichijoji and other popular entertainment districts in the next few days."

"To be honest, I hadn't considered having an outstanding racehorse girl like Xiaobei participate in the event at first."

"However, taking this opportunity to launch a more exciting competition might generate even more buzz."

“In particular, the topic of ‘humans defeating Uma Musume Girls’ has emerged.”

After analyzing the situation as if talking to himself, Maru Zenki suddenly looked at Yasui Makoto with a serious expression:
"So for the next race, I plan to team up with you and Xiao Bei, along with two other female racehorses."

"In other words, you will be teaming up with four racehorse girls to face off against an opponent composed entirely of racehorse girls."

"So, with this lineup, are you confident of winning, Yasui-kun?"

(End of this chapter)