Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 420 Is this an action that a human could perform?
Amidst the clamor, the cameras positioned in the stands, operated by the stagehands and photographers, aimed their lenses directly at the front of the challengers.

In the footage, dressed casually in sneakers, Yasui Makoto did not look across the street, nor at the stands or the camera.

As he flexed his wrists, his gaze slowly swept over the various fitness equipment that served as obstacles in the area.

"Next up is the first contestant in the defending group... Ennis Wind God!"

This commentary immediately drew everyone's attention to the person opposite Yasui Makoto, and cheers erupted again, mixed with excited jeers.

Having changed into a tracksuit, Ennis Fuujin high-fived each of the horse girls beside her, including Special Week and Sakura Chiyo, before leaping out of the rest area.

She ran a few steps to the edge of the field, shaded her eyes with her hand, glanced at Yasui Makoto, then smiled and cupped her hands around her mouth:
"I didn't expect my first opponent to be you, Mr. Yasui. You'd better watch out, I won't go easy on you just because we know each other. Don't let me catch you too quickly!"

Yasui Makoto looked in the direction of the voice, and when his gaze met that of Ennis the Wind God, he clearly saw the teasing look in the other's eyes.

He couldn't help but smile.

One of the basic skills of extreme stunt performers is shorthand of the location.

If you can't remember something, it will affect more than just your performance; it can also bring extremely serious risks. That's why one of the tests in real extreme sports competitions is speed reading.

Although the time from entering the venue to just now was not long, he had already confirmed the location and style of all the fitness equipment in the venue.

The barbell rack, balance beam, treadmill... these equipment might be obstacles in the eyes of others, but for him, they are all tactical leverage points that can be used.

However, he didn't show it; he simply smiled and waved habitually at the wind god Ennis.
"Okay, I'll try my best. Please go easy on me later, Fengshen."

As he said this, he didn't notice that behind him, the Northern Black Steed, who was clenching his fist, had a strange light flashing in his eyes.

She felt it wasn't an illusion; she truly saw that the trainer, who was raising his hand and smiling in response, was radiating an aura completely different from usual.

Like Yasui Makoto, Ennis also smiled and raised his hand. Seeing this, the commentator, Eagle, raised his voice:

"Very good, both contestants are ready. Now, countdown, five...four..."

The last three numbers, the beeping of the venue equipment, and the shouts of the audience blended together.

When the number "one" filled the entire venue, a muffled yet swift footstep echoed through the space.

The moment the countdown ended, the Aeneas Wind God, which was about 20 meters away directly opposite, was still in place one moment, and the next moment it rushed to the center of the field with afterimages.

Her short brown hair and side ponytail stretched straight in the wind, making her look less like she was attending an event and more like she was sprinting the final straight line of the Japanese derby.

This speed elicited gasps from the stands and created a gust of air that even reached Yasui Makoto's face, ruffling the stray hairs on his forehead.

What's it like to face a racehorse girl in a sprint? Yasui Makoto can only say that the last time he experienced it was more than a year ago when he was knocked away by Kita Genko.

I was completely unprepared for that, and even so, I wasn't seriously injured.

With everyone on high alert this time, it's impossible for him to be bumped into, much less caught.

He knew very well that the speed of humans in a straight line was on a completely different level from that of racehorses.

To avoid being caught, or rather, the core strategy of WCT, is to employ various extreme changes of direction and make flexible use of everything on the field. So when Ennis started his run, he instinctively bounced to the side like a spring.

The moment his toes touched the ground, he twisted, taking two steps close to the nearest treadmill, then bracing himself with one hand on the treadmill handrail to complete a lateral roll.

It wasn't over yet. Next to the treadmill was a barbell set, with three barbells placed in the center.

Taking advantage of the momentum from the side roll, he smoothly passed through the gap between the top and second-to-top barbells.

In just a second or two, a treadmill and a barbell rack had separated him from Ennis the Wind God.

"Huh?!"

A startled and uncertain voice from the eagle echoed throughout the venue: "Mr. Yasui... did something truly amazing!"

"When the Ennis Wind God rushed over, he just kept jumping and jumping and he escaped in a flash!"
"Aeneas, the Wind Goddess, was stunned! She stood there... then she realized what was happening!"
She changed direction and chased after it. She ran very fast and quickly bypassed the treadmill and barbell rack...

But, but, but!
"Mr. Yasui did not choose to run away in a straight line!"

"He... jumped onto the barbell rack?!"

The arena was already filled with screams and shrieks. In everyone's eyes, when Ennis charged towards Yasui Makoto at the start of the match, the latter did a one-handed side flip and rushed towards the barbell rack. Then, just as planned, he squeezed through the gap between the two barbells.

After a moment of stunned silence, Ennis Wind God bypassed the obstacle and chased after him. Yasui Makoto gripped a barbell with one hand, leaned forward, and stepped on the barbell twice as if climbing stairs, instantly squatting on top of the barbell rack.

At that moment, Ennis Wind God rushed to his original position, and then he made a sound that made the whole audience gasp.

He squatted down again, and then clearly used his leg strength to leap up from the top of the barbell rack like a cat.

With his amazing jumping ability, he leaped over an elliptical machine, then pushed off the horizontal bar behind it and leaped over several exercise balls the size of car wheels.

At that moment, still standing by the barbell rack, Ennis Fuujin stared blankly at Yasui Makoto, who landed lightly and turned to look at her, completely stunned.

The stands gradually fell silent. The eagle-like figure, holding a microphone, made no sound except for a few "ah, ah" sounds, forgetting the usual commentary style.

A moment later, exclamations and surprise erupted from the challenger group.

"Hey, hey, hey! You're kidding, right? That... is that something a human could do? An ape would be more like it, or even a cat... Anyway, how could a human do something like that!"

"Wow! Mr. Yasui is amazing! Super awesome! So cool! Shanxin, stop arguing, cheer for Mr. Yasui, the first round is about to end!"

The stunned silence of the audience made the shouts of Meguro Zenshin and Daitaku Sun God stand out.

When they heard them shout, many people realized that after Yasui Makoto's astonishing maneuver, there were only a few seconds left in the first round.

"Trainer! Hang in there, we're about to win!"

Having regained his senses, the Northern Black Steed shouted excitedly, his face flushed, "5 seconds left... 4 seconds!"

The alert eagle also remembered its duty and quickly shouted into the microphone:
"3 seconds left! Is the challenger finally about to score a point...? 2 seconds!"
"The wind god has started chasing, but... 1 second!"
"We didn't catch up!"
"The Wind God couldn't catch up!"
"This is just too unbelievable! Someone can actually beat a racehorse girl in the speed race...?"
"No, no, that's not right! It should be... Congratulations, Mr. Yasui, for winning this round for the challenger team!"

(End of this chapter)