Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 518 I'm definitely going to beat her up!
"This……"

After an awkward laugh, Daijin and Megumi McQueen exchanged a glance, then hesitantly looked at Elisako, pondered for a moment, and tentatively asked:
"Senior Hayate, do you need Senior McQueen and me to remind Senior Takarasu? There are other contestants coming up next."

In this match, McQueen and Big Shock, who came to inspect the event, not only confirmed the details of the overall planning, but also shouldered the responsibility of commentary.

In addition to the above procedures, the person in charge is Alice Soko, who has been assisting with the training camp at the training ground and is more familiar with the situation here.

She was responsible for explaining and guiding everything from data collection and medical procedures to the impromptu introduction segment.

"Well, don't worry about that loudmouth. That's just her personality. She'll make a fuss for a while, then shut up on her own."

As she spoke, amidst the slightly amused and helpless looks from the crowd, Alice slowly picked up the microphone in front of her.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, a mysterious smile appearing on her face, and spoke into the microphone in a slightly eerie voice:

"Kukuku, it's been a long time since we ran together, Treasure Cave."

"Want to run a race together? No problem, but if you've been too lax all these years and let me win too easily, then it'll be too boring and dull."

"So if you want to have a proper run with me, Kukuku... win this race first."

This provocative moment, reminiscent of the showdown announced before the opera, caused a brief silence before erupting into screams.

Screams accompanied by shouts of "Ai! Li! Su! Zi!", "I'm going to beat her up!", and "Flaming Horse, don't stop me!" brought the entire venue to a new climax.

In the control room, after putting down the microphone and noticing the strange looks coming from those around her, Alice casually spread her hands and shrugged, as if nothing had happened.

"Don't look at me like that. This way, the treasure cave will definitely be even more energetic, right?"

"A competition is more interesting if it's exciting, especially..."

She patted the instrument beside her, a glint of fanaticism flashing in her eyes:

"We can also obtain even more extreme data, can't we?"

Even so, I still feel that she... definitely did it on purpose.

This judgment echoed in the minds of Yasui Makoto and the others, but they all nodded in tacit agreement and quickly changed the subject.

Meanwhile, the contestants also took to the stage to make their appearances.

Unlike official matches, this competition did not rank participants based on popularity; the order of appearance was determined by a random draw.

After the furious Forest Treasure Caver stepped off the stage, or rather, was dragged off by the racehorse girl named Blazing Steed, Milan Hai, Yamato Akashi, Vodka, and then Northern Black Steed took the stage in turn.

After responding to the enthusiastic audience with a familiar and excited feeling, Kita Genko went to the backstage area, looked around, and soon saw Almond-no-Miko slapping her cheeks and pressing her chest.

"Little almond eyes! It's almost your turn. Are you too nervous?"

"Ah? Senior Xiao Bei..."

Having just caught her breath, upon hearing the question, Almond-eyed turned her head to answer, then pointed to herself:
"Nervous? Me? I think... I'm alright."

As she spoke, she puffed out her cheeks, took a deep breath, and pressed her chest, just like the Northern Black Horse had done before:

"I don't know if I'm nervous or not, but I can say that my heart was definitely pounding."

"But more than being nervous..."

She lowered her head, looked at her legs, then her eyes gleamed as she looked at the Northern Black Steed, and clenched her fist tightly:
"I... I guess I'm excited because I'm going to compete against Senior Xiao Bei and so many other amazing seniors later on!"

"She really does have almond-shaped eyes!"

Knowing Almond's personality, Northern Genko was not worried to begin with, and now he nodded repeatedly, extending his palm:

"Let's work together and show the seniors what we're capable of! Of course, I won't hold back against you!"

"If you do that, I'll get angry!"

Smiling, she high-fived Beifang Xuanju, but then her almond-shaped eyes suddenly flickered with a slight frown. She turned to look at him and whispered, "But if we're talking about nervousness, perhaps Senior Miqi... is the one who's a little nervous...?"

Following the direction indicated by the almond-shaped eyes, Beibu Xuanju quickly spotted a corner of the makeshift stage. Miqi Rocket was mostly hidden in the shadows, only peeking out with its head out.

"Miki-chan..."

After a moment's thought, the Northern Black Horse nodded to the apricot-shaped eyes:
"I understand. I'll go take a look."

Seeing that Xingmu nodded in agreement, Beifang Xuanju smiled, walked over to the corner, and gently patted Miqi Rocket on the shoulder.

Clearly startled by the sudden movement, Miqi Rocket trembled as it turned around.

"Ah, sorry, I startled you, Miki-chan."

"Ah, ah, Senior Xiao Bei, I was really startled..."

Recognizing the Northern Black Steed, he breathed a sigh of relief. After instinctively admitting it, the eagle-eyed rocket quickly shook its head.

"Actually, it's alright, senior, you don't need to apologize..."

As she spoke, she glanced outside again discreetly.

Previously, it was guessed that this junior cared about the senior opera singer. Now, realizing that the other party was looking in the direction of the gate, or perhaps at the senior opera singer, Kita Genko did not offer words of comfort or guidance as he had done before.

She didn't know when it started, but she vaguely realized that comforting and guiding people did have the power to help.

But more often than not, leading by example and proving oneself through actions is perhaps a more powerful approach.

Especially as a senior colleague.

So without saying much, she smiled and took Miqi Rocket's hand:

"We'll have to wait a while... then let's wait together."

Miqi Rocket was taken aback, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes: "Wait...wait for what?"

"Of course we'll wait for Almond to arrive before we go through the gate together."

The Northern Black Steed's smile grew even brighter as he softly said:

"With so many senior athletes in this competition, we definitely need to team up, catch up with them, and surpass them!"

Miqi Rocket paused again, then took a deep breath, as if to muster his courage, and nodded vigorously with a smile:

"Yes! Senior is right!"

Feeling that the encouragement or companionship he was receiving was very effective, Northern Black Horse couldn't help but feel secretly delighted.

Just as she was about to say something more, she suddenly heard a familiar voice behind her.

"Xiao Bei? And... Mi Qi? Why haven't you entered the gate yet?"

"Ah, Hikari-chan..."

Recognizing Satomi Hikari's voice immediately, Kita Genko turned around and found Satomi Takako there as well.

...Is it just my imagination? Crown-chan... seems to have something on her mind?

In her hazy vision, she saw Satomi Crown raising her hand, her mouth agape, as if she wanted to say something but didn't know how to begin. She unconsciously uttered:

“We’re waiting for Xiaoxingmu so we can go through the gate together, you guys…”

She wanted to ask Satomi if she was feeling unwell, but she wasn't sure if she was mistaken, so she hesitated for a moment.

(End of this chapter)