Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 612 What...is that?!

The deafening roar nearly shook the Zhongshan stadium; the commentator's excited voice, booming through the loudspeaker, tore through the air and struck the eardrums of every spectator with crystal clarity.
"Satomi Kozumi forcefully pulled out from the middle of the group, with Satomi Noble on the outside and Golden Reciter closely following on the inside. She hasn't given up yet!"

"Next up is the Heavenly Emperor's Song. Her breathing looks heavy, and her steps seem somewhat strained, but she is still gritting her teeth and desperately pushing forward!"

"The innermost path is the peak of starlight. She was greatly exhausted in the fierce battle with the Northern Black Steed in the early stage, which obviously affected her speed at the end. However, there is still a flame in her eyes. Like the Heavenly Emperor Song, she is still persisting and still striving forward!"
"Heretical!"
"Gao Shangjunyi has rushed up! Very fast, extremely fast! Gao Shangjunyi is showing unprecedented ferocity in her acceleration, she is like a blue lightning bolt!"

"The inner side of the noble and elegant horse is the Seeking Concubine, and the outer layer is the same!"

"The sounds of nature and thunder are rushing forward along the outermost path, and their last steps... Good heavens! Their last steps look even faster than Gao Shangjunyi's!"
"The outermost layer!"

"That's... Ruby the Stylish! She actually chose the most risky and physically demanding position on the outer path, she's going all out!"
"Then……

“Out of the corner!
“The final straight line!
They all rushed towards the stands!

"All the racehorse girls behind seemed to transform into a giant, gleaming, curved blade, its edge pointing towards..."

"The advantage of three horses' bodies!"

"Sprinting into the final straight ahead first!"
"Number 1! The Northern Black Steed!!"

The frenzied cheers almost overwhelmed people's reason.

At the very front of the stands, Yasui Makoto and his group had already stopped talking.

All the previous analysis, concerns, and discussions have vanished at this moment.

Everyone involuntarily held their breath, their pupils reflecting only the figures rushing across the green field.

Everyone's mind was completely captured by the thrilling chase, their breathing involuntarily synchronized with the deafening sound waves, swallowed up by them, and becoming a part of them.

On the final charge, the situation was constantly changing.

On the other side, the stylish Ruby, the thunderous roar, the myriad sounds, and the noble and elegant steed were almost neck and neck, engaged in a fierce close-quarters battle.

The struggle for position at extreme speeds, a clash of speed and will, determines the victor in an instant.

The thunderous roar and the elegant steed are like two extremely sharp knives, suddenly tearing apart the shackles of competition and standing out with unparalleled momentum!

Their figures resembled two warships at full power, forcefully crashing through the ocean woven from green waves of grass, carving out two astonishing white tracks.

In that brief moment of neck and neck, the outcome was decided in the blink of an eye.

A subtle yet decisive intersection.

After the next sound of horseshoes hitting the ground.

The noble and elegant figure in the blue and white battle suit exudes a magnificent aura, truly like a fearless warship charging forward.

But in the end, it was defeated by that jet-black, eerie rock that seemed to rise from the abyss and roar like thunder.

The ship's momentum faltered slightly, but the silent and hard reef remained unmoved, even more determinedly "crushing" towards the only target ahead.

While the battle raged on the outside and the outcome was becoming clear, the competition on the inside had already come to a close.

That emerald green figure, which had been poised to unleash its power since the start of the Arima Kinen race, finally revealed its most deadly fangs at this moment.

Like an elven hunter lurking deep in a moonlit forest in a Western fantasy legend, she locked on, raised her bow, and aimed the instant she cut into the final bend.

The arrow, gleaming with a cold, bluish light and imbued with all his faith and strength, was released from the bow!

Or perhaps she herself had transformed into that unstoppable arrow, carrying a resolute and deadly momentum, tearing through the slightly thinner air inside, and piercing straight ahead with astonishing efficiency...

That black and gold figure, now only two and a half horse lengths ahead of him! The roar of the crowd surged wave after wave, the commentator's voice rising and falling wildly in the frenzy, hoarse with excitement:
"300 meters, 300 meters, the last 300 meters!"

"Northern Black Horse is in the lead, Northern Black Horse is still in the lead, Northern Black Horse still has a lead of about two horse lengths!"
"But...they're getting closer!"
They're all closing in!
"The great outer path roared like thunder, and her proud and amazing final kick was fully unleashed!"
"Gao Shangjunyi and Wan Laizhengming are also accelerating, and they are closing in without giving up!"
"Inner side!"
"Golden actor did not give up, and Satomi Hikari also closed in with a desperate fight!"
"Second place, second place, second place!"

"Satoshi Hikari continues to approach, while Northern Genko is still holding the lead, but Satomi Hikari is getting closer and closer!!"

"A lead of... one horse's length!"

"Only 200 meters left!"
"Half a horse's body, only half a horse's body remains!"
"At this moment..."

The commentator's voice suddenly rose, tearing through all the noise:
"side by side!
"Northern Black Horse! Satomi Hikari! They're side by side!!!"

boom--! !

The entire Zhongshan racecourse seemed to have been bombed, instantly erupting in what was the most explosive moment since the start of the Arima Kinen race...

No, it was the most frenzied screaming and cheering in the entire Shining Series so far this year.

The intensity of the sound waves was almost tangible, washing over everyone's eardrums and shaking the stands beneath their feet, as if trying to completely erase all the noise in the world and freeze time and space in this place.

The waves washed over everyone's senses, and all things were silent, all sounds were mute.

At this moment, the entire world seemed to be squeezed and distorted by this extreme scene, ultimately turning into a blank.

All that remains is black gold and emerald green.

In that instant, as they stood side by side, Hikaru Satomi's heart pounded wildly in his chest, almost shattering his ribs.

It's now!

All her calculations, all her patience, and all the energy she had saved by lurking in the middle of the group erupted at this moment.

The muscle fibers tighten, channeling their last bit of power into each push-off.

She knew very well that the Northern Black Horse beside her, her childhood best friend, was also the strongest and most resilient opponent she had encountered since entering the Shining Series...

It never stopped accelerating from the moment it exited the gate!
That kind of ferocious lead, that kind of crushing running style that ignores all obstacles, consumes an astronomical amount of physical strength.

Even Xiao Bei, even Xiao Bei whose endurance was so strong that he was privately called a "monster," after leading the entire race, especially after sprinting more than two thousand meters on the extremely demanding track at Zhongshan...

There was absolutely no way she would have the strength to resist her long-planned, all-out final sprint in the last hundred meters!

The scales of victory have tipped in my favor!

The thought surged through her mind like an electric current, a mixture of extreme fighting spirit and the excitement of impending success causing the corners of her tightly closed lips to almost uncontrollably curl up slightly...

However, at that very moment, just as the arc was about to begin...

Out of the corner of her eye, she couldn't help but shift her gaze from the white stripe of the finish line, which was so close at hand, to her side.

Just one glance.

Just a glance.

All the expressions on Satomi Hikaru's face, including the smile that was about to appear, froze instantly. His pupils contracted to the size of pinpoints in extreme horror.

What... is that?!

(End of this chapter)