Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 49: Sneaky Northern Black Horse

More than an hour later.

"Don't be impatient, McQueen. I said I'd give it to you after playing with it for half an hour. I won't break my promise."

"And yet you, the Emperor, said so half an hour ago... Oh, never mind, you're just like a child."

He looked at his friend who was holding the drone remote control tightly with amusement, and then looked at the remote control with envy. Mubai McQueen smiled and shook his head, pinching his chin and looking at the tablet on the desk.

There was a data cable plugged into the tablet, and the other end was connected to the remote control in the hands of the Emperor of the East China Sea.

The remote control is about the size of a brick.

At the top is the signal pole, and the front half is equipped with a joystick and various buttons and indicator lights.

Most of the back is occupied by a screen.

On the screen, there were European-style buildings with blue tiles and red bricks, square brick avenues, tree-lined paths, bright and clean classrooms, and green training grounds...

That was a bird's-eye view of Tresen Academy.

The same picture was displayed on the tablet. As the Emperor of the East China Sea turned the joystick and buttons back and forth, the two pictures flew across at an extremely high speed.

"It's amazing! I never thought such a small machine could fly so fast."

After looking at the scene in amazement for a while, Mebiru McQueen looked at Yasui Makoto.

"If I'm not mistaken... the drone's speed right now should be around 60 kilometers per hour?"

Without waiting for Yasui Zhen's answer, without even turning his head, like a child who has just received a favorite toy, the Emperor of the East China Sea boasted:
"That's right, McQueen, the speed I set here is 60.

"Although trainer Yasui said the limit can reach 72 kilometers per hour, even the last three waves of G1 can't reach this speed, and training is even more impossible. 60 is more than enough.

"Hey, you'll know when you play later."

Mebai McQueen felt a little helpless. After knowing each other for so many years, she could tell that her friend was trying to show off.

But she quickly turned her attention to the drone and carefully studied the image on the tablet.

After seeing Yasui Zhen's demonstration before, she instantly realized the significance of drones.

Quality video is important for training and competition.

By reviewing this kind of video, both trainers and horse girls can discover many problems and learn a lot, thereby optimizing various subsequent arrangements.

There are three main types of existing video recording methods: one is multiple cameras on the field, the second is various surveillance videos, and the third is self-following or fixed-point shooting.

Each of the three methods has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Multiple cameras are very effective, but apart from those released to major programs, the footage of the competition is generally kept by the association and the academy, and reviewing it requires an application and various procedures.

Surveillance video covers a wider range, but it is more difficult to apply for and the clarity is very poor.

Self-filming is often the main method used by trainers. The problem is that it is impossible for trainers to keep up with the speed of the horse girls unless there are other horse girls to help.

If you shoot alone, you can only stay in one spot and the shots will be very simple.

The same is true when the horse racing girl follows the camera, and the camera shakes violently when running at high speed, and the recording effect is not ideal.

However, drone photography not only combines all the advantages of previous methods, but also avoids all the disadvantages.

Especially according to what Yasui Zhen said, after setting the shooting route, three drones can be arranged to follow continuously. The video obtained in this way is undoubtedly much higher quality than any previous one.

With this thought in mind, Mebiro McQueen couldn't help but look at Yasui Makoto expectantly.

"Trainer Yasui, since you've thought of this method before, there should be some footage of you training Xiaobei these days. Can I take a look?"

Upon hearing this, the Emperor of the East China Sea also looked over.

As a top-notch talented and experienced horse racing girl, she can think of everything that her friend can think of.

So even though she couldn't let go of the remote control, she didn't forget her responsibilities as the president.

"Yes, although he just told me last night, Trainer An Jing should have filmed it once this morning, right?" When the Emperor of the East China Sea was playing with the drone before, An Jing Zhen did not say anything to spoil his fun.

He originally hoped that the two presidents could personally experience the advantages of this shooting method, so that the subsequent topics would go more smoothly.

Now that they were both talking about the main topic and had nothing to hide, he shook his head and said:

"Not yet. There are still a few issues with the drone, and that's what I came to discuss with you two."

"question?"

After asking in unison, the Emperor of the East China Sea thought for a moment and handed the remote control to McQueen.

"McQueen, take back the drone. I need to talk to Trainer Yasui first."

"...You think of me at a time like this."

It was a somewhat amusing complaint, but Mebiro McQueen didn't refuse.

After taking the remote control, she operated it according to Yasui Makoto's previous demonstration.

“The most obvious issue is noise.”

At this time, pointing to the screen on the tablet, Yasui Zhen explained:
“You can’t hear it here because the device has built-in noise cancellation.

"But you two should have heard the noise during takeoff; to be honest, it was quite loud.

“In fact, I was so close that I could hear that buzzing sound all the time.

"Your hearing is very sensitive. If this problem is not resolved, it will affect the training effect to some extent.

“There are also some procedures.

"Strictly speaking, this machine is still a test product, and I was able to buy it due to some very accidental reasons.

"It's not really a purchase, actually. The inventor of this model wanted me to do some real-world testing, and that's why they gave it to me.

“So, camera movement, image processing, intelligent avoidance… In short, a lot of procedures need to be debugged.

"Another issue is privacy."

When it comes to this, Yasui really has no reservations.

The Emperor of the East China Sea was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted.

“Indeed, with this kind of camera, it should be easy to shoot anything you want.

"The academy is full of girls, and there are female teachers and female trainers, so it's easy to cause misunderstandings if you're not careful.

"In that case, let me think about it..."

Seeing this, An Jingzhen did not say anything to interrupt.

He actually had some preliminary solutions, but in his impression, the Emperor of the East China Sea was very capable, and maybe he could have a better solution. So, don't be anxious and just wait and see.

Before the Emperor of the East China Sea could speak again, a puzzled voice came from Mubai McQueen's side.

"Hey? Isn't that Xiaobei? What is she doing?"

Coincidentally, the attention of An Jingzhen and the Emperor of the East China Sea were drawn over.

Soon, like Mejiro McQueen, the two saw a black-haired girl in the center of the remote control and tablet screens.

It was the end of get out of class, and many students were chatting in the corridor, while some ran to the playground to hang out or play games with friends to relax.

The dark-haired girl on the screen wasn't chatting in the hallway or lounging around relaxing.

Instead, he held a branch full of leaves in each hand and hid stealthily in the grass beside the playground.

(End of this chapter)