Uma Musume no Nama no Nichijou (Horse Girl), First and foremost

Knowing that the other party had access to the Meguro family's abilities, this horse girl herself seemed to have some resistance to the Tamamo Cross.

Mejiro family...

Thinking of this, Golden City subtly clenched his fists as he ran, and his running rhythm changed slightly.

Today, she is no longer the same person who only knew about her modeling career and running hard!

"It seems that Tamamo... Tamamo Cross isn't doing very well."

The pause in her speech was mainly because Sakura Star Queen had been retired for more than half a year and was busy with various business operations of Golden Victory, from the team to the family. Over time, she almost forgot that she was actually a racehorse girl from the same era as Tamamo Cross and the current group of popular horse girls on the field.

Ultimately, her six months of social experience created a clear disconnect between her and her professional career as a horse racing girl, which was purely related to racing.

Thinking of this, Sakura Star King's gaze couldn't help but drift towards the Victory Sister next to him, seemingly quite surprised as to how this pure white horse girl had managed to adjust back then.

It is known that, in addition to her intermittent identity as a racehorse girl, Golden Victory is also a trainer for a large number of horse girls, the head of the Golden family, a full-time lecturer at Treson Academy, and even holds a position related to momentum and technique at the Horse Girls Association.

Thinking about this, Sakura Star King finally understood why, no matter how outstanding the racehorse girls were in other prestigious horse girl families, they could only be candidates for head of the family.

There's no other reason than that my mind will definitely be distracted, and the pressure will likely affect my performance in any competition.

Only the early founders of families possessed such courage...

After much deliberation, Sakura Star King finally understood the matter.

Yes, this person was also the first generation to establish the family business.

"Well, it's alright. The Japanese emperor's intuition is really sharp. He knows that as long as he keeps a close eye on the opponent, he can almost secure the victory in this match."

"But it's hard to say for sure that the truth is that those who are at the bottom can always perform at their best, and the position of the Japanese emperor is the one most prone to failure."

Unaware that his younger sister was looking at him with starry eyes full of admiration, Golden Victory was simply making judgments about the match based on what Sakura Star King had said before.

"But... if those horse girls who are currently running alongside Tamamo-san notice this situation, won't it create a situation where the group drags them down, ultimately preventing the two of them from breaking through the encirclement?"

Returning to the predictions and judgments made at the scene of the competition, regarding Tamamo Cross's pursuit and the Japanese Emperor's close monitoring of Tamamo Cross, Sakura Star King felt that their actions were too arbitrary.

"You're saying that the same situation as what happened in Darby, Japan is very likely to occur, right?"

Before Sakura Star King could nod and respond, the pure white horse girl immediately denied it:

"No, because these horse girls no longer have the spirit that the new horse girls should have."

Will the racehorses in the rear enter a special state to gamble on a slim chance of victory? Golden Victory can still grasp this possibility.

It's not that top-level competitions can't produce some major upsets, but those runners who are just there for the ride have basically gone beyond just a few races.

They might still have some ideas about the OP or G3G2 big prize tournament, believing that they have a chance to win.

It can only be said that the racehorse girls who can maintain their form and participate in races are indeed quite resilient to losing.

Anyway, if we lose this game, we'll have another chance next time. If we can get into the top three, that's a win. A top-three finish would definitely be a huge profit.

Of course, in a race filled with retired top racehorse girls like the Japanese Emperor, the almost legendary Tamamo Cross, and the prestigious Meshiro Dylan, don't even think about getting a top-three finish.

Just as Golden Victory and Sakura Hoshio were predicting the race's outcome, the horse girls on the track were about to pass the second bend...

Tsk, is Tamamo Cross not planning to break out yet?

Just as they entered the straightaway after the second bend, the Japanese Emperor had already subtly shifted his position to a spot close to the outside of the track, ready to overtake his opponents at any moment, preparing to sprint and accelerate the pace of the race.

Perhaps it was because of the imposing presence of this female horse, or perhaps because she was already quite a distance from the inside of the track, that almost no female horse would try to hinder the Japanese Emperor's sprint.

But... here's the problem.

Surprisingly, Tamamo Cross was among the horse girls who didn't intend to be wary of her.

The opposing team seemed completely unconcerned about their tactical shifts, maintaining their own pace and running calmly at the back of the team at a pace that could be considered slow on the field.

It would be best if the most threatening opponent didn't affect her, but this would make it seem like she had given up on keeping a close eye on the opponent first.

She didn't believe that the Tamamo Cross Society couldn't see that she planned to sprint at this moment and then use her domain state to rush all the way to the finish line of the race.

Instead of immediately launching an attack, he began frantically processing the opponent's possible moves and plans.

Suddenly, a pure white figure flashed into my mind.

A seemingly insignificant competition he participated in when he was young, and the psychological trauma left behind by that time, was instantly triggered in this moment.

...There's definitely something fishy going on!

She, the Japanese Empress, was indeed willing to burn herself out for this final match, sparing no effort to achieve victory.

The problem is that if he burned himself to death and then, because he fell for someone else's scheme, handed victory over to the other side, the Japanese emperor would probably die of frustration and resentment.

Because it's his last match, he has to give it his all.

But because it was her last race, as a top-class racehorse girl, she was too proud to fall into her opponent's trap and lose the race.

If we're going to lose, we have to lose at the very last moment!

Once the idea took hold, the Japanese emperor abandoned the strategy of directly overtaking from the outside, and instead moved slightly back to the inside while maintaining clear space on the track ahead to allow for a sprint.

Then... we must keep a close eye on the Tamamo Cross!

Tamamo Cross: "..."

She didn't say much, but when Tamamo Cross saw the Japanese emperor in front of her looking like he was trying to break through but couldn't, she seemed not to care much and continued to maintain her own pace in the race, but in reality she was secretly overjoyed.

Hey kid, didn't you already decide to win this race?

They were just fooled by us, weren't they?

It has to be said that this match marked the first time Tamamo Cross received tactical guidance from Golden Victory.

Because she had never encountered a situation before where a top female racehorse, in such excellent condition, decided to run her next race as her retirement race.

It's better to be safe than sorry; when those racehorse girls go crazy, everyone will back down.

Gold Victory has actually only participated in a few top-tier matches, but the problem is that he happened to encounter the terrifying performance of Sakura Victory in one of them, which was the same Takarazuka Memorial.

If it weren't for Victory Gold's solid foundation and Victory Sakura's misjudgment that caused her to burn out prematurely, that match might have ended in Victory Gold's defeat without the organizers even needing to make any changes to the decision.

And now, the same, or rather, a similar situation has just happened to be presented at the Takarazuka Memorial Tournament, and Pure White Horse Girl has fully demonstrated the awareness that a trainer should have, and properly guided Tamamo Cross on how to deal with it.

Wow, if we think about it carefully, isn't this fulfilling the regret of the Golden Victory senior back then?

Thinking about this made me laugh a little, and I couldn't help but feel a bit restricted in my movements when I did the Tamamo Cross.

As a result of this action, Tamamo Cross vaguely sensed that the other party's intense, focused posture had become even more intense.

Alright, after all, it's a task assigned by a senior colleague and also her wish, so we should give in a little.

That's what she thought in her heart, but Tamamo Cross herself also didn't want to suffer even more damage in this match.

Of course, both sides also knew that after this straight section of the track, the outcome of the race would be unpredictable.

No matter how much you want to protect others, or how much you care about them, the Tamamo Cross is ultimately not a golden victory...

Enter the third bend!

At this moment, Megumi Dylan had already created a gap of about seventy meters between herself and the team behind her, while Golden City was closely following behind her.

The third and fourth most popular female racehorses are quite different from the others, except for Tamamo Cross, who voluntarily got trapped and chased after them, and Teio Nihon, who waited in vain for a long time. The other female racehorses are indeed somewhat inferior to them in terms of overall quality.

Simply put, if the two of them maintain their current state and don't engage in any fighting or sabotage, they will likely be able to maintain this distance from the teams behind them by the end of the competition.

Even if the later horse girls decide to sprint or even enter the domain, as long as they are determined to fight to the end, no matter how hard the later horse girls try, they can only slightly narrow the gap.

Dylan didn't have much thought about the Golden City; rather, tactically, she preferred to cooperate with them.

Leaving aside the fact that fighting the enemy together is a move that skirts the rules, at least don't get bogged down in internal conflict at this point. Any rational person should be able to do that, right?

What we need to do now is to create enough safe distance, enter the zone state, and run all the way to the end of the match to finish it ahead of schedule.

She was well aware that there were two more threatening and popular horse girls behind her.

If they can't control what's behind them, then when Tamamo Cross and the Japanese Emperor come from behind, there's a very high probability that both of these racehorse girls will be charging in their domain form.

As the thought crossed my mind, a faint sense of crisis began to creep up from the soles of my feet to the tips of my ears.

That's about it.

It's time to give it your all.

In first place, about halfway through the third bend, Megumi Dylan suddenly slowed down and stopped in a subtle way.

Golden City: "?!"

Almost as if in sync, or as if linked by a mechanism, the Golden City also paused its movements less than half a second apart.

In an instant, the two racehorses in front launched a fierce sprint at almost the same moment.

Sprint through the corner!

And it's a cornering sprint that pushes the limits!!!

As the limits are pushed beyond their limits, the arena begins to distort!

The track ahead was once again filled with that familiar scene of desperate effort.

And at the very moment they entered that domain state, they also witnessed that instant when their vision was completely unobstructed.

The two racehorse girls behind them are approaching them at an incredibly fast speed!

They're here!!!

Chapter 248 A Victory at All Costs

The ones that caught up later were not the other racehorse girls, and they didn't have the conditions to enter the domain state without the influence of others.

The two racehorse girls, Teio and Tamamo Cross, entered their domain state almost simultaneously and then ran past their rival racehorses in the main pack.

There is always a limit to how much humility and restraint one can show.

After all, two of the racehorse girls at the very front have already entered their domain state.

Oops......

For some reason, when they saw Tamamo Cross enter her domain state at the end of the group, Megumi Dylan and Golden City did not feel any relief at first, but were instead filled with apprehension.

The problem is that since they have already started to accelerate the pace of the operation, they cannot choose to temporarily withdraw from the field. They can only continue to fight against the racehorse girls who are gradually catching up from behind.

With this in mind, and without the crazy idea of ​​making this race the last one in the career of a Japanese emperor, her speed became relatively stable after the sprint.