Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 509 My Favorite Opera Senior Wants to See Me

In the day-to-day high-intensity training, the Northern Black Horse is like a tireless precision machine, devoting itself to it with full energy and concentration every day.

Running repeatedly on training grounds such as grass and sand, performing repetitive and tedious tasks over and over again, her world seemed to consist only of these things and sweat.

Only during occasional training breaks would she relax and inquire about the training progress and match schedules of Yasui Makoto and others.

After finishing all the training that day, dragging his slightly tired body, Beifang Xuanju returned to his hotel room with Xingmu, looking radiant.

"Then I'll go take a shower first!"

As soon as he entered the room, Beifang Xuanju tugged at his sweat-soaked tracksuit:
"As for the air conditioning, let's do as Soko-senpai and A-Zhen said and turn it on an hour later, otherwise we'll catch a cold... But we should be having dinner by then, right?"

Her workout clothes were also soaking wet, and Almond-shaped eyes tugged at the vest clinging to her body:

"An hour... that should be about right, right?"
"Anyway, Senior Xiao Bei, hurry up! Honestly, why can't the bathrooms here be bigger? It would be much faster if we all showered together."

"If you want to shower together, you can go to the hot springs on your day off."

With a smile, Beifang Xuanju quickly grabbed his pajamas and towel and headed for the bathroom.

"Don't worry, I'll shower very quickly. Please bear with me, little almond-shaped eyes!"

Stepping into the bathroom, he took off his clothes, revealing his well-defined and smooth body. As he turned on the shower and felt the perfectly heated water cascading over his body, Beifang Xuanju let out a comfortable groan.

Then he hummed a little tune casually while silently counting the time.

After one minute of hot water, switch precisely to cold water.

He hissed, stopped humming the tune, rinsed his body with cold water, counted to 30, and then switched back to hot water.

The "alternating hot and cold bathing method" has wide applications in practice and is very effective for short-term high-intensity training or intensive improvement phases such as training camps. It can accelerate the body's recovery speed and make special training more effective.

The Northern Genko team has been gradually using this method since last year's training camp, and based on experience, the frequent use of "hot and cold baths" means that the training camp is coming to an end.

It feels like...time really flies. It seems like I just arrived in Atami City a few days ago, and now I have to leave...

I'm a little reluctant to leave... but the training every day was very fulfilling, and I made new friends like Miki-chan and Milan-chan, so I have no regrets.

Speaking of which, Ah Zhen's preparations are almost complete. Hmm... I'll call Mi Qi later to tell her about it.

After strictly completing six alternations, Beibu Genko dried himself off, changed into his pajamas, put his workout clothes into the changing tub, and walked out of the bathroom while drying his hair.

"I've got it all sorted out! Little Almond Eyes, you weren't too uncomfortable waiting, were you?"

"Huh? Senior is out... It's nothing, training is always like this, I'm used to it."

With a smile, she responded and leaned closer, holding a phone in her hands:

"By the way, Senior Xiao Bei, I accidentally saw a message on your phone just now. It was sent by Senior Mi Qi."

"Oh? Miki-chan...?"

Northern Black Horse curiously took the phone:
"I was thinking about her while I was taking a shower... It's okay, didn't you say you saw it by accident? Go take a shower, or you'll catch a cold."

While Beifang Xuanju was taking a bath, Xingmu had already wiped her body and changed into her pajamas. Hearing this, she nodded and walked into the bathroom with her clothes.

As the sound of rain began, Northern Black Horse had already read the text message sent by the Miqi Rocket.

The content was short, mainly about how the two had been habitually asking each other about their training progress during this period.

After thinking for a moment, he realized that it wouldn't be clear how to explain the subsequent match arrangements over text message, so Northern Black Horse opened the contact interface and called Miki Rocket.

A moment later. "Goodnight, Miki-chan!"

Speaking into the microphone, Beifang Xuanju said with great interest:

"My training went quite smoothly today, and both Suko-senpai and A-Zhen said so. How about yours?"
"That went smoothly, that's good."

"Oh, right, I have some good news for you. The details of the practice matches are basically finalized. Let me think about it..."

As she spoke, she tucked her phone around her neck, walked to her sports bag that she had brought back from the training field, and pulled out her ever-present little notebook:
"You can participate then. There will be Guangzuan-chan and Milan-chan, who have competed together before, and Crown-chan will also be there."

"There are also seniors from Manchester Tea House, Forest Treasure Cave, and Blazing Steed whom Senior Suko knows. They said they also have time and should be able to come and help."

"Moreover, Yamato Akaki previously said that he had invited Vodka-senpai, and that senpai would arrive in a couple of days."

"As expected, the seniors are all very enthusiastic!"

After confirming that nothing in the notebook had been missed, Beifang Xuanju smiled into the microphone:

"With such a strong lineup, we must go all out in this match, so let's cheer each other on!"

"Yes! Thank you for the reminder, Senior Xiao Bei. I will definitely work hard!"

They've known each other since the training camp started, and have trained together a lot. They also greet each other on their phones every day and ask each other for advice. Kita Genko and Miki Rocket are already familiar with each other, and the latter has long called Kita Genko the same as Almond.

However, upon hearing the familiar address, Beifang Xuanju smiled, but suddenly felt that something was not quite right.

Feeling that his subtle feeling was correct, Beifang Xuanju pondered for a moment and quickly realized that perhaps Miqi Rocket's gratitude just now was... too polite?

Thinking this, her eyes instantly became concerned:
"Um... Miki-chan, are you... having some kind of trouble? Like... are you having difficulties with your training?"

"Huh? This..."

After a moment of hesitation and obvious silence on the other end of the phone, a voice came through that was tinged with a mixture of helplessness and admiration:

"As expected of Senior Xiao Bei, nothing can be hidden from you."

"Actually... I'm facing a bit of a dilemma right now, but... it shouldn't be considered difficult, it's just..."

"Sigh, I don't know how to say it, or... I'm not really sure what happened..."

Having confirmed his suspicions, Beifang Xuanju did not urge them, but patiently waited for them to make their own decision.

This is perhaps something different from the past.

She enjoys helping others, and seeing the satisfied smiles on people's faces because of her help makes her smile from the bottom of her heart.

At that time, she never thought that she would have to make many decisions herself, which led to many unintended consequences and well-intentioned but counterproductive mistakes.

Now it's probably about deciding on the "Autumn Three Crowns" matter. She feels that there are many things... that she really can only choose and bear herself, and it's best if others don't easily interfere.

The room fell silent, with only the sound of the shower from the bathroom still echoing.

after awhile……

"Thank you, Senior Xiao Bei. Are you still waiting, Senior?"

After offering a thank you in a complicated tone, there was a pause on the other end of the phone:
"I...I don't know what happened, anyway...a great opera senior suddenly said she wanted to see me..."

"I... of course I was very excited, but after hanging up the phone, I felt... inexplicably at a loss..."

(End of this chapter)