Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 423 Becoming the Northern Black Steed's Rival in Training

After two rounds of fighting, Yasui Makoto's breathing rhythm remained steady.

In order to carry out his training work, he maintains the necessary self-training every day.

While their current physical reserves might not be enough to win a championship in true extreme sports, they are more than sufficient for handling the current level.

After all, in his opinion, the chase and evasion just now were actually somewhat amateurish.

Compared to the real WCT, both the venue design and the opponents' tactical awareness are far inferior.

However, he did not reveal this thought.

The reason they wanted to participate in this "chase" was partly because they didn't want to refuse the enthusiasm of the Northern Black Horse.

On the other hand, it was to confirm some of his ideas and prepare for subsequent training and competitions.

Having personally taken to the field twice, many of his ideas have been validated, which makes him even happier than simply demonstrating his abilities.

He then smiled and accepted the congratulations from Special Week, as well as the cheers and praises from Kita Genko and the others, before looking at Maru Zenki, who was smiling and clapping:
"Shouldn't we let Xiaobei and the others try it out in the next round? Otherwise, it'll just be an activity for me alone."

"Of course, I'm in good shape, so if you still want me to play, I'm fine with it."

Upon hearing this, a hint of appreciation flashed in Maruzensky's eyes.

Like Yasui Makoto, she also wanted to confirm some things through the event, and that was confirmed. So she nodded and looked at Kita Genko and the others:
"I think it's best to let Yasui-kun rest for a bit. Anyone interested..."

Before she could finish speaking, Megumi Yoshinobu raised his hand with bright eyes and said:

"It's our turn next!"

As she spoke, she leaped to the edge of the field, and as she stretched her wrists and ankles, her eyes gleamed with excitement through her light-colored hair.
"Mr. Yasui has already done two good deeds. Now it's our turn, the Escape Sisters, to take the stage!"

"Hey hey~ that's it!"

With a flick of her blue-streaked hair, Da Tuo, the Sun God, nodded vigorously in agreement, her sassy makeup radiating an undisguised fighting spirit.

"A high collar is our style, so let's show it to everyone!"

Then, she suddenly turned to Yasui Makoto and winked with a grin:

"Well then, Mr. Yasui, we're off! Don't laugh at us if we fail to catch anyone, okay?"

"Keep going, I believe in you."

After Yasui nodded with a smile, he stared at him excitedly, and it was only then that Kita Genko realized what was happening.

"We will definitely win!"

Nodding vigorously, Northern Black Horse clenched its fists, its ears and tail standing up simultaneously: "The training rack, now it's up to the three of us!"

……

Ultimately, the challenger team won the entire match with an absolute advantage of 5 points.

Yasui Makoto was not surprised by this.

Perhaps it was his professional instinct as a trainer, but in addition to considering and judging his own tactics, he also took the opportunity to analyze the situation of the two racehorse girls.

From the perspective of WCT participants, their unique advantages in extreme sports are one aspect of their chances of winning, while the Northern Genko team also has a clear advantage.
To become a runaway horse, natural explosive power and various skills to seize the lead are crucial, making it difficult for opponents to catch up in a short time.

Coincidentally, all three of the Northern Black Horses are racehorses skilled in escape tactics, and under equal conditions, they have extremely fast starting speeds.

Among the defending champions, only Ennis Fuujin and Sakura Chiyo are skilled in this running style, with the latter being more inclined to go first. Therefore, theoretically, the former has a much higher chance of winning, and even if they lose one or two matches, it will not affect their overall lead.

Indeed, thanks to their amazing starting speed, Northern Black Horse and their teammates closed the gap with their opponents right from the start.

They probably thought they would do something inexplicable like Yasui Makoto, or that they simply lacked the skills or didn't react in time.

In short, in the following three rounds, the defending team's racehorses were always a beat slower at the start.

By the time they started moving, their opponents had already rushed up to them.

Although they were not slow afterward, they could not withstand the fierce offensive of the Northern Black Horse and his group.

Having witnessed all of this, Yasui Makoto had more ideas for integrating the WCT system into the training of Kita Genko.

This event clearly demonstrates that the "escape horse" tactic and the "preemptive strike" tactic in WCT are quite compatible at the underlying level:
Both strategies involve establishing psychological pressure through initial advantages, guiding or forcing the opponent to misjudge and react in a way that benefits oneself.

In his past work as a trainer, even though he understood the theory, he was essentially an observer.

He couldn't personally experience how, as a player, he could put psychological pressure on his opponents, how to deal with that psychological pressure, and the various variables involved.

Now, thanks to the validation of this event, he can fully participate in the training himself, practice with the Northern Black Horse, and gain a deeper understanding of details that he couldn't discover before.

Or rather, he could become a training rival for the Northern Black Horse, guiding and assisting this racehorse girl with entirely new ideas.

Lost in thought, like an outsider watching the lively awards ceremony after the match, Yasui clapped intermittently and muttered to himself:

"Transforming obstacle-avoidance maneuvering techniques into body control on short curves... hmm, that should be feasible..."

"There's also the issue of weight shift, which can actually be solved by using lateral sliding techniques combined with subtle adjustments to the core muscles... Sigh, why didn't I think of this approach before..."

"There's also positioning and confrontation on a straight line..."

"Trainer! Trainer!"

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by cheers. Yasui looked up blankly and followed the direction of the sound.

The Northern Black Horse rushed over excitedly, holding up two small horseshoe-shaped medals in one hand and several paper certificates in the other.

The medal is a prize for winning the event, as stated on the flyer.

Certificates such as "Champion of the Uma Musume Chase Event" and "Best Player" are also included in the flyer.

The certificate in the center, which reads "Best Teammate," has a neat and elegant handwriting, but unlike the other certificates, it is not printed. It is handwritten and was obviously made by the organizers on short notice.

"Trainer! Here's your championship medal and your 'Best Player' trophy!"

Its ears twitched excitedly, its tail swished like a little flag, and like a child playing house and dividing fruit, it handed out medals and certificates to Yasui Makoto one by one.
"And this is what we got together, the 'Best Teamwork' award!"
"It was written by Maruzen-senpai himself, I think that's the most amazing one!"

Having already realized what was happening, he smiled and accepted the medal and certificate. Upon hearing the last sentence, Yasui Makoto couldn't help but turn his head to look at it.

Maruzenski was quickly spotted; the female racehorse had returned to the commentary box.

Noticing his gaze, the other person quickly looked over, smiled warmly, and flicked his index and middle fingers together at his temples, his lips moving slightly as if to say "Congratulations."

"And then there's a bonus!"

The excited voice of the Northern Black Steed came again:
“We each have 10,000 yen! 10,000! Let’s use this prize money to buy food, trainer?”

(End of this chapter)