Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 76: Training Through Competition
“It’s not completely unlearnable.”

Facing the gazes of the horse racing girls, Yasui Makoto pondered and said in a deep voice, "For most horse racing girls, the Gaoyue Award performance of Huangjinsen-san is indeed of very low reference value.

“That Gaoyueshou race was a heavier race. Due to the water content and the influence of the previous 10 races, the track was in very poor condition, requiring a very high level of strength, physical fitness and balance.

"Although there's no relevant data, if I'm not mistaken, Huang Jinchuan should be very strong in this area."

"Oh? Not bad, Yasui-san."

Golden Ship proudly bent his arms and struck a bodybuilding pose.

"Putting aside other things, in terms of strength, physique, and balance, I have yet to meet an opponent.

"Of course, I've encountered people who wanted to challenge me before, but unfortunately I knocked them away, hey!"

"B-Bumped into someone and sent them flying?" Beibu Xuanju opened his eyes wide. "What...what happened? Did someone have a conflict with Senior Achuan...?"

"No, it's a competition, a competition!"

The smug look on his face grew even stronger as Golden Ship said complacently, "A certain guy always boasts about how strong he is, and he insisted on clashing with me in the competition. What happened?"

She spread her hands and shrugged.

"I knocked him away."

Northern Xuanju was still confused, while Yamato Akaji felt helpless.

"I say, it's not good for you to talk about others behind their backs, Ah Chuan.

"Besides, I remember that Takarazuka Kinen race, you said that the collision had to happen at the final turn, right?
"Isn't it normal to collide when exiting a corner? How can you say that the lady hit you on purpose?"

The Golden Ship suddenly said dissatisfiedly:
"Hey, Vodka, are you on my side or on the side of that lady? Anyway, she definitely had bad intentions towards me at that time, that's it!"

"Alright, alright, I know you're strong, A-Chuan."

Yamato Akagi tried to smooth things over, saying, "We're talking about the Gaoyue Award after Xiaobei. Let's first listen to what Yasui-kun has to say."

Yasui Zhen felt a little funny at this moment.

The race mentioned by several horse girls was the Takarazuka Kinen, the first year of the Golden Ship Year of the Ancient Horse, and a collision did occur in that race.

However, the golden ship was not affected by the collision at all. After exiting the corner, it rushed all the way and won the race in a very exciting way.

This was the main point he wanted to mention, so he didn't interrupt.

According to the different water content, the playing field can be divided into four conditions: good, slightly heavy, heavy, and poor.

A good track is also called a fast track. The ground is dry and has little moisture, so you can run at the most ideal high speed on it.

A slightly heavier ground can be called sticky ground. In the presence of moisture, grass, mud, sand and water will mix to form a gel-like property. When you lift your foot, you can feel a certain stickiness, and you need more effort to run at a high speed on a good ground.

The heavy field has a higher water content, and there will be a certain sinking when you step on it. It requires more strength and it is difficult to increase the speed.

The bad field situation is the least common. This type of field is also called bad ground. The degree of subsidence during the race is even higher. It can be said that there is a deep pit with every step. The track condition is a mess and it is difficult to run the usual results.

The Gaoyue appreciation event on the Golden Ship is a slightly more important one.

Due to heavy rain and the influence of the first 10 races, the turf condition of the outer lane is still good, while the inner lane is almost at the heavy field level due to the influence of rain and the front-running marathon girl.

For this reason, as Golden Ship herself said, almost all the other horse girls in that race chose the outer lane, while she went from the last place in the inner lane and defeated sixteen people in one breath, winning the championship in a rather incredible way.

Theoretically speaking, it is not impossible for the Northern Black Horse to run on that kind of track.

Like Golden Ship, she is a horse girl with great strength, strong legs, and a strong physique.

Then we can improve our abilities in this area by training together.

Hearing Yamato Akagi bring the topic back, An Jingzhen nodded naturally and said:

"That's actually what I wanted to say." It was precisely because of her extraordinary strength, physical fitness, and balance that Huang Jinchuan was able to win the championship even when she encountered a collision.

“The same is true for Gaoyue Shang.

“The heavier course is very muddy and requires a lot of strength to run at high speed.

"After 10 races, the track conditions got worse as we moved further inland.

"Not to mention speed, just running steadily requires not only strength, but also high physical fitness and balance."

After explaining, he turned to the northern Xuanju and said:
"Xiaobei happens to have one of the best strength and physical qualities of his time.

"For the past three months, I have been exploring her potential.

"So, training with Huang Jinchuan is very helpful in transforming this potential into speed and other winning factors."

Upon hearing this, except for Northern Xuanju who looked thoughtful, the other horse girls all nodded.

"Indeed, from this perspective, the Achuan is not completely useless..."

He nodded and said something, ignoring the Golden Ship's shouting of "What do you mean I'm not completely useless?" Yamato Akagi asked:

"Since you can think of this, what should Yasui-kun have planned?"

There was nothing to hide, Yasui said directly:

"That's right, I want to 'use competition as training' and use training matches to improve Xiaobei's abilities.

"Compared to official matches, training matches don't focus on winning or losing, but on whether the set training goals can be achieved, so the physical exertion is not too great.

“Compared to running side by side, this method allows us to practice multiple targets at once, and the training time is much shorter, which is very suitable for Xiaobei’s future needs.

“It’s also more convenient for your schedule.

"After all, no matter how much you care about Xiaobei, you all still have your own things to do.

"If we're delayed, Xiaobei and I will feel bad."

Having said that, Yasui Makoto stood up from his seat, held his knees and bowed deeply.

"Of course, even with this arrangement, I still can't help but bother you all. I sincerely hope you can agree. Please."

The horse racing girls were surprised and astonished to see Yasui Makoto suddenly become so formal.

"...Wait, Yasui-kun, why are you suddenly so serious..."

Yamato Akagi was puzzled and said, "In fact, even if you didn't say that, we would still help you with all our strength."

Although Vodka and the others didn't say anything, judging by their expressions and nodding movements, they clearly had the same idea as Yamato Akagi.

Beibu Xuanju stared at An Jingzhen in a daze, muttering subconsciously.

"Trainer...?"

Standing up, facing the doubtful gazes, Yasui Zhen smiled and said:

"I have decided to do my best to help Xiaobei win every game from now on."

"I know this may sound a bit far-fetched, after all, the Shining series has been around for almost 100 years, and there has never been a Uma Musume like this, and I've never had such an idea before.

“But precisely because it’s so difficult to achieve, it makes sense to aim for it, doesn’t it?

"Or you could say that Xiaobei had told me her dream before.

"What I just said was probably my long-overdue dream as her trainer."

(End of this chapter)