Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 85: Still Too Young

After motivating Kita no Genju, An Jing Zhen came to the commentary desk.

Drones have been deployed and are located in four directions above the runway. The images they capture will be transmitted instantly to the screen on the commentary desk.

In order to confirm the application of the new equipment, Yasui Zhen did not use a telescope this time, but stared at the screen.

The moment he came out of the gate, he frowned quickly with just one glance and took a breath calmly.

It’s not surprising. Compared with the experienced predecessors, the Northern Black Horse is still too young at this moment.

He could see that he, the horse racing girl, had developed a habit of thinking and subconsciously leaned towards the inside lane the moment he left the gate.

If it were an official competition, there would be nothing wrong with this decision.

There are often more than ten competitors in official competitions. The teams will line up in a short period of time after leaving the gate. At this time, there are many advantages to occupying the inside lane.

However, there are only 4 opponents in the training match at this moment.

In this case, the team's horizontal expansion width is limited, and the early to mid-game will not be affected much.

If you lean inward to grab the inner lane at this time, you will waste precious time and energy.

Northern Xuanju was completely unaware of this.

Yamato Akagi realized it.

Not only Yamato Akagi, but also Vodka, Special Zhou, and Golden Ship all realized it.

At the moment when the northern black horse tilted inward, the other four horse girls moved forward without hesitation and found the most suitable position for themselves in the blink of an eye.

It is just this gap that means the Northern Black Horse has already lost in terms of physical strength.

Not only that, although she successfully ran into the inner lane, her position was very bad.

Yamato Akagi is right in front of her, Vodka is in the front left, and Teju Zhou is a little further back on the left.

The three horse girls formed a subtle angle, confining the Northern Black Horse to a small range.

In this position, if the subsequent schedule does not change, her performance will be quite limited.

This was not something that the predecessors intended.

Instead, with the support of rich competition experience, even if it is just a training match, they instinctively choose the running strategy that is most beneficial to them.

While these running strategies are very beneficial to them, they also limit the performance of their opponents to varying degrees.

They were able to exempt each other from restrictions to the greatest extent possible, and the ones most affected were naturally the least experienced Northern Xuanju.

Looking at the game on the screen, Yasui Zhen unconsciously crossed his arms and frowned slightly.

This is trouble, Xiaobei. It seems that before trying to win the game, I need to find a way to adapt to this huge experience gap...

At the same time, the Emperor of the East China Sea reported the actual situation of the game truthfully.

“The team has passed the first corner and ended the early stage battle.

"Currently, the first place is still held by Yamato Akagi.

"The vodka player followed closely behind, but was clearly further behind.

"Next is the special week contestant, she is located on the outside of the fourth stack.

"Contestant Xuanju from the North is in fourth place. She failed to get the position she is most familiar with in the early stages and is now in a further position.

"In the end, it was still the Golden Boat player. She seemed to be observing her opponent's movements, waiting for an opportunity to strike."

Mejiro McQueen continued:

“Most of the players’ positions looked familiar, and they used tactics they’ve used in middle distance events.

"Northern Xuanju's experience needs to be improved. Her current position is not ideal. I hope she can perform better in the subsequent stages."

On the runway, there was no commentary at all. Beibu Xuanju stared at the front and gritted his teeth.

The moment she stepped out of the gate, she realized the difference between a training race and a parallel running session. In parallel running sessions, each practice session had a single goal and was performed over a shorter distance.

For example, in positioning training, the distance is only 100 meters, and she has to use various techniques within these 100 meters to grab the required position from her predecessors.

It was precisely because of this single training that she felt that if she worked harder, she might be able to beat her predecessors.

The scrimmages were nothing like that.

This type of training requires more goals, and the seniors can fully demonstrate their abilities.

Among them is rich experience.

It is precisely because of that experience that the predecessors went straight to the front after leaving the gate instead of rushing to occupy the inside lane like her.

With only five players participating, the competition space is too large and there is no such crowded feeling as in a formal competition. It is a complete waste of time to grab the inner lane at this moment, as there will be plenty of opportunities to adjust positions later.

By the time she realized this, she had already been trapped in the inner passage.

The three seniors in front and on the left had a great grasp of distance and position, and their rhythm and speed were also very good.

Although she was still some distance away from her and hadn't touched her at all, she felt uncomfortable as if she couldn't move freely.

In front is Yamato Akagi, and in front of the left is Vodka. When the two seniors run, they intertwine to form an invisible wall.

Blocked by the wall, she clearly felt that she could not move at her normal speed, and her previously extremely steady pace and clear rhythm began to become disordered.

What’s more crucial is that, at some point, they also moved to the front left, and Senior Zhou’s position suddenly widened the width of the wall.

So at a time like this...what should I do?
Do I have to keep running like this?

No, Xiaobei, you have to calm down...

She unconsciously gritted her teeth again and began to think quickly.

At the same time, there were bursts of exclamations from the audience.

"Isn't that amazing?! The seniors are just too perfect!"

"Is this the strength of a top-tier horse girl?!"

"It's so exciting! I really want to run with the seniors!"

Amid the exclamations and envy of the horse racing girls, the trainers who came to watch nodded secretly and kept whispering to their companions or their own horse racing girls.

To be able to enter Central Tresen Academy, both the horse girls and trainers have extraordinary talents and abilities.

They could all see the situation of the race from the beginning to now, and were more or less aware of the exquisite reactions and decisions of top horse girls like Yamato Akagi, as well as the negligence of Kita no Xuanju.

"As expected, Xiaobei still lacks experience... but I'm afraid it won't be much better if I take over."

Folding his arms, staring intently at the figure on the runway, Satomi Crown frowned and said:
“I heard that this training match was only decided a week ago, which means these seniors only had such a short time to prepare.

“Besides Golden Ship Senior and Yamato Akagi Senior, they have hardly played in the competition in recent years.

"Under such circumstances, there is still such strong strength...

"As expected, becoming a G1 horse girl isn't that easy..."

She unconsciously clenched her fists.

Beside her, Satomi Mitsuru was staring at the game and glanced over, with a look of worry and solemnity in her eyes.

As a member of the Chulimi family and spending every day together, she could sense that her sister was feeling pressured, and she also knew where that pressure came from.

Over the years, the outside world has praised the Satomi family for its many talented people, and it has the potential to become a well-established wealthy family like Qipingmejiro.

Many people in the family also think so, and some even call themselves the "Uma Musume clan" in public.

However, some people remained calm and sober, knowing that the current Satomi family was still far behind the Mejiro family.

(End of this chapter)