Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 42 "Imaginary Training"

To be honest, Yasui Makoto was overjoyed to get Vodka's help.

But he didn't lose his composure.

He had indeed not anticipated Vodka's decision, but considering that there was someone in the arranged training who was of the same type as this horse girl, there was one who was a good match for him.

On this basis, you just need to make adjustments based on the situation of vodka, and there is no need to overturn the entire plan.

So, I took some time over the weekend to adjust my original training plan, and rested normally for the rest of the time.

On Sunday night, Yasui Makoto and the three horse racing girls agreed on a time and place to meet the next day.

The location was still the school playground, but the time was slightly earlier.

Running three horse girls side by side is much more complicated than running two horse girls side by side. What’s more important is that Yamato Akagi and Vodka are not ordinary horse girls.

Not only are they top-notch, they are also extremely experienced.

These have enabled them to develop unique running styles and techniques. If targeted training is not arranged, their good intentions may be wasted.

So when he went to the playground to warm up before training, he not only sorted out the vodka data as before, but also made a lot of inferences and calculations.

Only when he felt that the plan was almost optimized did he officially arrange and implement it.

"Yamato-san, just like before, use your best lead-out running method."

Holding a stopwatch in his right hand and a tablet computer under his right arm, Yasui Zhen indicated the location with his left hand.

“Xiaobei, you too, should follow behind the senior this time and keep an eye on my signals.

"Once I signal you, speed up and rush forward immediately.

"As for Vodka-san...is that okay with the simulated bad behavior?"

"OK."

He nodded quickly, raised his left arm horizontally, held his right arm vertically, and turned his waist back and forth. Vodka smiled and said:

"It feels like I've returned to the old days... Hey, Yamato, you should have told me something interesting like this earlier."

Yamato Akagi also did simple stretching exercises and pouted.

"Who would have thought you'd come back from Europe... Besides, you're already back at the academy now."

"That's true."

Nodding, Vodka crossed his fingers and moved his wrists with a click.

"I'm ready, and Yamato should be fine too. Shall we start now?"

Without answering, Yasui Shin glanced at Kita no Xuanju.

"that……"

After hesitating for a moment, Northern Xuanju raised his hand.

"I'm curious, what did the trainer just say... was it 'simulated poor behavior'?"

Upon hearing this, not only Yasui Makoto, but the other two horse racing girls all smiled with relief.

"Looks like you noticed it."

Yasui Zhen nodded and said, "That's right, I said 'simulated bad behavior', not bad behavior.

"Actually, your Yamato-senpai was the same. When she ran alongside you, she was 'simulating leading', not leading."

"simulation……"

After repeating it, Northern Xuanju's eyes lit up.

"Are you saying that, imagine there are other opponents running with us besides the three of us?"

An Jingzhen and others all praised it.

"You're quite perceptive, Xiaobei. I guess I can't keep treating you like a silly junior!"

Walking over and rubbing Northern Xuanju's head, Vodka smiled and said:

"Simply put, simulated leading and simulated deviation are both forms of 'imaginary training'.

"Just like you said, just imagine in your mind that there are other opponents running alongside you.

“This type of training is more effective than regular parallel running, but of course it’s more difficult to master.

“Generally speaking, only horse girls with sufficient racing experience can train like this, and of course they also need some talent.

"It just so happens that Yamato and I are both horse girls like this, so you don't have to think too much, just run as hard as you can between us." "I see..."

He nodded suddenly, and Beibu Xuanju felt a little embarrassed again.

"This kind of training... sounds like it should be very tiring, I mean, you have to simulate the opponent in your mind.

"I thought I hadn't troubled Yamato-senpai that much, but I didn't expect him to be so hard at work helping me. And Vodka-senpai is also going to help me this time..."

"Ouch!"

They retracted their head-popping gestures, looked at each other in tacit understanding, and Yamato Akagi and Vodka laughed at the same time.

"What nonsense are you talking about, Xiaobei."

Scratching his nose with his index finger, Yamato Akagi said with relief:

"Don't forget, during training and competitions, you always came to help us whenever you were free.

“They either served us tea or towels, or helped us fix our horseshoes and washed our clothes and shoes.

“At first I thought you were too young, and even if I was enthusiastic, I couldn’t let you keep doing this kind of thing.

"Later, I got used to it. Whenever you come over, I'll call for your help the first time anything happens."

Exactly the same, Vodka also scratched his nose with his index finger horizontally.

"Yes, we all remember these things.

“And it’s not just the two of us, there’s also Xiao Te-senpai, Suzuka-senpai, McQueen-senpai, and Emperor-senpai.

“And there’s Ah Chuan.

"You've helped everyone a lot, Xiaobei.

“Especially Senior Emperor.

"She was so depressed that year that we didn't know what to do.

"If you hadn't kept encouraging her, I don't think it would have been so easy for her to return to the competition.

"In short, Xiaobei was so enthusiastic in cheering us on back then, and now that he's officially debuted, how can we seniors just sit there and watch?"

"Yes, I think so too."

He agreed with a smile, and without even looking at Vodka, he bumped fists with Yamato Akagi and said:
"Not only us, I think Senior Emperor and the others also want to do something for you.

"So, instead of saying something stupid here..."

With a whoosh, Yamato Akagi and Vodka climbed over the fence and jumped into the training track. They gave each other a thumbs up.

"Xiaobei, aren't you ready yet?"

"Two seniors..."

Looking at the two horse racing girls in the field excitedly, Beibu Xuanju got excited for a while and also jumped in.

"Of course I'm ready!"

Looking at the three horse girls and seeing them looking at him, Yasui Makoto secretly sighed.

He didn't know the past experiences of Northern Xuanju and his predecessors, but from what he had just heard, this horse girl of his was far more enthusiastic, kind, and sensible than he saw.

In fact, he was just like what Yamato Akagi and the others said. He had unknowingly become accustomed to the black-haired girl's silent busying around.

At first, I just got used to carrying my own bag.

After that, bring some drinks, snacks, or even a lunch box for yourself.

Now, every time I go to his single room, I help clean up the garbage and organize the scattered books and materials. I'm used to it.

The girl did all this silently without any requests and even looked like she was enjoying it.

There is no doubt that she just wants to help the people she cares about, or is willing to lend a hand to anyone in need and do what she can, and this will make her very happy.

Unconsciously, Yasui Zhen smiled.

Indeed, a girl like this... really makes people want to respond to that enthusiasm and do something for her.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand.

"1800 meters on the grass, parallel running practice. Ready, three, two... one!"

(End of this chapter)