Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 419 First Release, Yasui Makoto
As Maruzensky announced his seemingly impromptu decision, Yasui Makoto vaguely saw a sharp, serious glint in those azure eyes, his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily, and he gave a wry smile to himself.

Come on, out of ten contestants, I'm the only one who isn't a horse girl. Isn't that a bit unfair?
But only for a moment, he perked up and became confident.

Judging from the decision we've heard so far, "Uma Musume Girls Chase" is clearly still in many imperfections compared to the real WCT.

Moreover, the race just now showed that even the female racehorses organized by the event only had an advantage in speed; their skills were, from a professional perspective, quite lacking.

So if an expert in extreme sports can't even accept this kind of challenge, they should just retire from the sport.

Moreover, anyone who steps into this field does so to challenge the "impossible".

Unconsciously recalling the techniques related to the competition, Yasui Makoto quickly smiled and nodded, saying:
"No problem, I will give it my all in the upcoming matches."

As soon as he finished speaking, Beibu Xuanju clenched his fist and jumped.

Her ears and ponytail swayed back and forth as she shouted without hesitation, "I'll give it my all! Trainer, we can definitely win!"

Seemingly satisfied with their responses, Maruzensky raised an eyebrow, then smiled and looked at the striking eagle and Special Week beside him:

"So, the next match is scheduled as follows:"

"The defending side will proceed as planned. Little Te, could you please have Little Wind God and Little Chiyo prepare?"

"As for the 'challengers,' it's Yasui-kun, Koki, and me. That leaves two more candidates..."

"Well then, I'll trouble you a bit, Little Te. I remember that Shanxin and Sun God came here to play today, and Miyu also came with Bourbon to help out. There are quite a few familiar little guys too."

Quickly giving instructions, Maruzensky walked up to Special Weekly, who was looking serious and muttering to himself, placed his hands on the latter's shoulders, and said with a smile:

"Anyway, you know them all, just pick two of them to make up the numbers."

"Hey, hey! Mission accomplished!"

Zhou suddenly snapped to attention, stood at attention, saluted, and loudly promised before jogging towards a corner of the stands.

She jogged back in just a few minutes, followed by two other racehorse girls who also jogged over.

Both of them looked very outgoing and lively, with one of them having a wild, eager look in his eyes, and his long, light brown hair tied into a neat high ponytail.

The other woman has a more playful look, with brown hair highlighted with a few blue strands tied into pigtails, and her makeup is a very fashionable and sexy style.

Before he could even introduce himself, Yasui Makoto recognized him as the Mejiro Zenshin and Daitaku Taiyoujin that Maruzensky had mentioned.

These two, along with himself, Kita Genko, and Maru Zenki, formed the subsequent "challenger group." After making this judgment, Yasui Makoto suddenly discovered something quite interesting.

Those four of his team members and teammates were, coincidentally, all of them, runaways.

"It must have been arranged on purpose, right? What a coincidence..." he couldn't help but think to himself.

"Forget it, if they're all runaway horses, let them leave the gate..."

"No, the starting speed is much faster, which is a pretty good advantage in WCT..."

Like an occupational hazard, as he introduced himself to Meguro Zenshin and Daitaku Taiyoujin, and walked toward the event venue amidst the explanations of the eagle-shaped hawk, Yasui Makoto secretly began to analyze the situation.

Meanwhile, Maru Zenki patiently explained the rules of the game:

The competition is divided into two sides, with 5 players on each side. The competition takes place in a designated area and is round-based, with a total of 6 rounds. Each round is limited to 20 seconds and consists of one chaser and one evader from the opposing team. The participants are selected by both sides themselves.

Within the time limit, if the chaser touches the evader, the evader will remain untouched until the end of the round, and the chaser will score 1 point for their team.
If a player runs out of bounds during a round, the opposing team scores 1 point.
After 6 rounds, the team with the highest score wins. If the score is tied, two overtime rounds will be played. The team that catches the opponent's dodger or catches the opponent's dodger in a shorter time wins the final victory.

After the introduction, seeing that Kita Genko and the others were scratching their heads in thought, Maru Zenki smiled and looked at Yasui Makoto:

"It seems that Xiaobei and the others still need to understand the rules, but I think Yasui-kun should understand them completely, right?"

Without hesitation, Yasui Makoto immediately nodded: "I understood when I watched it before, but thank you very much for Maruzen-senpai's explanation."

Although this event has many imperfections compared to the official WCT competition, the general rules are largely the same. After responding, he pondered for a moment, then said with some anticipation and eagerness:

"Since Xiao Bei and the others still want to understand, how about... I go first?"

Maru Zenki was stunned.

Arranging this event was indeed a spur-of-the-moment decision for her, and she genuinely wanted to use Yasui Makoto to generate more buzz and draw more attention to the Shining Series.

Therefore, she hoped that her side could win, and that Yasui Masaya would have a great performance.

She had originally planned to demonstrate first so that the other party would be mentally prepared, but she did not expect Yasui Makoto to be so eager.

But instead of refusing, she winked and smiled knowingly.
"You're very enthusiastic, Yasui-kun. We'll leave the first match to you and cheer you on."

Upon hearing this, the Northern Black Horse, who was deep in thought, immediately tensed up, but when she spoke, her tone was full of trust:
"Yes, yes! Trainer, you can do it! We'll all cheer you on, you'll definitely win!"

"Wow, that's even more outrageous than the two of us!"

Mejiro Yoshinobu, whom he had just met, was somewhat surprised: "Mr. Yasui... are you sure you're okay? The opponent is Uma Musume."

"Don't say that, Zenshin. As teammates, we should have full confidence in Mr. Yasui!"

As if he were quite familiar with Meguro Zenshin, Ōtaku Taiyoujin suddenly stood beside Yasui Makoto, squatted into a lunge position, stretched his arms forward forcefully, and then winked at Meguro Zenshin:

"Come on! Let's give Mr. Yasui a dazzling entrance pose!"

"Oh! Good!"

He readily agreed, and Megumi Zenshin, having shaken off his earlier surprise, also lunged forward, stretched out his arms, and struck a pose on either side of Yasui Makoto, alongside Daitaku Taiyoujin.

Looking at the two horse girls acting silly, Yasui Makoto gave a reassuring smile to Kita Genko, then looked at Maru Zenki, and after the latter nodded, Yasui Makoto took a deep breath, walked to the edge of the activity area, and began a simple warm-up.

After a while...

"Alright, the third 'chase' is about to begin. Will this group of challengers be able to achieve victory?"

The commentator's bright, silvery voice echoed through the stadium, eliciting cheers from the stands. But as the next commentary was announced, the cheers were tinged with surprise:

"Then the first contestant in the challenger group... Mr. Yasui Makoto!"

Accompanied by the commentary of the eye-catching Flying Eagle, the stands echoed with doubts and discussions such as "Yasui Makoto... doesn't sound like a Uma Musume Girl," "Will she win?" and "How is that possible? How can a human beat a Uma Musume Girl?"

(End of this chapter)