Uma Musume Girl, I'll tell you about my Santa Hat special move too?

Chapter Seventeen: Being Severely Trained

"Ugh...oysters..."

Stardust Illusion, who was lying face down on the trash can, was vomiting so badly that he was almost questioning his existence.

She had long since returned the spaghetti she had eaten at noon, and now her lungs and stomach were burning with a fiery sensation, each breath feeling like swallowing hot coals.

Large beads of sweat covered Stardust Illusion's entire forehead and slid down his cheeks.

Her hair was plastered to her skin, and her ears drooped down, making her look completely lifeless.

Stardust Illusion was completely soaked, as if he had been pulled out of the water, and his body was as if he had been run over by a teleportation device from another world. He didn't even have the strength to squat properly.

Before she started training, she thought she was a natural racehorse.

Even during training, I won't be completely unable to hold on. At worst, I'll rely on my willpower to meet Grandpa Liuping's requirements.

I never expected that she would vomit like this after only a few hours of training.

First, they had to do 20 100-meter sprint training sessions, each of which required them to run at maximum speed. Any time they were more than 2 seconds behind Oguri Hat, it didn't count and they had to run again.

Moreover, she wasn't even given time to rest after the run; she was simply told to walk back to the starting point to relax.

At first, she thought it was only 2000m in total, and that it wouldn't be difficult to finish after resting for a while.

After running more than ten times, she was almost out of breath, while Oguri Hat was only slightly sweating and panting.

With each subsequent trip, the gap between the two of them widened, and she had to make at least four or five more trips before she could barely pass.

By the time she finished, she was so exhausted that she collapsed on the ground, not wanting to move a single finger.

As a result, Grandpa Liuping simply stood there, supporting the Stardust Illusion, waiting for Little Chestnut Hat to finish her 50 100-meter sprints before calmly saying to her:

"Alright, next up is the 200-meter sprint training, also 20 times. This time, you can't fall more than 3 seconds behind Oguri. Let's begin."

Then she didn't even finish running 20 times before she started vomiting like this.

Having finally managed to vomit most of the stardust, the illusion struggled to lift its head and look at Oguri Hat, who was still diligently practicing the 200-meter sprint on the track.

Just now, Stardust Illusion was so focused on training that he hadn't noticed, but now he was surprised to find that Oguri Hat's sprinting style was starting to show the shadow of the Saint Night Runner's special technique.

"Oguri Hat...does she do this kind of training every day?"

She turned her head and asked.

"That's impossible."

Liu Ping stood beside her, arms crossed, and answered.

“Right now, Oguri is only recently recovered from her injury, so a lot of her training has been reduced. You have to understand that she is a racehorse specializing in middle and long distances. The upcoming Arima Kinen race will be a full 2500m. If her endurance is not enough, then there is no point in talking about anything else.”

"As for you, Stardust Illusion, are you still going to train today?"

Liu Ping asked casually, but in his opinion, a racehorse girl undergoing real endurance training for the first time would most likely not be willing to continue running.

Having been a central trainer for so many years, he has only trained one racehorse girl who could keep up – that is Oguri Hat, who is currently galloping on the track.

"Of course we need to train!"

Stardust Illusion answered directly, wiped her mouth with her sleeve, slowly stood up, and walked back towards the training ground.

Rokuhei Ginjiro was somewhat taken aback by her completely unhesitating attitude.

Watching her departing figure, Rokuhei suddenly remembered what the student council president had said during their last meeting:

That racehorse girl has the potential; she might be able to take over Oguri's position and become the new Cinderella... If possible, why don't you try to persevere a little longer?

"The Cinderella with the Reed Feathers" is a nickname that Little Chestnut Hat is often talked about.

A girl from the countryside, underestimated by everyone, gradually made a name for herself in the city and became a legendary racehorse girl.

"Could this be the reason why the Emperor wanted me to guide her into the sect...?"

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Stardust Illusion, who had already stepped onto the 200m track, did not hear the old man Liu Ping muttering to himself behind him.

She had already checked the system panel right after she finished vomiting.

Since his debut battle, Stardust Illusion has been consistently training, but the results have not been very good, only increasing his attributes by a total of about ten points each day.

But in just a few hours of training, she found that her endurance had increased by 10 points, and her strength had increased by more than 10 points.

Although Stardust Illusion knew that this was mainly because his own strength and endurance were too poor, so he would improve significantly in the early stages of formal training.

But as long as she can see the training results, she doesn't want to give up—otherwise, as Grandpa Rokuhei said: if you can't even endure this little bit of hardship, how can you compete for the classic Triple Crown, the highest honor for female racehorses?

We should at least finish these remaining trips, no matter what.

In the end, Stardust Illusion gritted his teeth and completed all 20 200m sprints. Towards the end, he couldn't even stand up straight and had to hold onto the equally sweaty Little Chestnut Hat to avoid collapsing to the ground.

"You look so weak," said Oguri Hat in a somewhat indifferent tone.

Despite running such a long distance and being equally panting, her condition was clearly much better than Stardust Illusion's.

"Let's stop practicing here for today. The afternoon is almost over."

As the sky began to glow slightly yellow, Grandpa Liuping approached the two men with a smile and handed them two towels.

The old man looked at the chestnut hat and stardust illusion, who were haphazardly wiping their faces with a towel like kittens wiping their faces, with a doting expression.

After the two had properly wiped the sweat off their bodies, Rokuhei Ginjiro turned and walked off the field. Stardust Illusion quickly helped Oguri Hat up and followed him, asking as it did so:

"Huh? Where do we go now?"

"How strange, Stardust Illusion. Of course, it's time for dinner now," Little Chestnut Hat replied, wiping the drool from the corner of his mouth.

"Hey, are we already going to eat?!"

When this topic came up, Stardust Illusion realized that his stomach was completely empty.

She hadn't eaten much for lunch or breakfast, and had vomited a lot earlier, so her stomach was already growling and protesting in her head.

"Okay." Grandpa Liuping, who was walking at the front, nodded. "Today we're having Xiaoli's favorite carrot curry rice bowl. Would you like to join us?"

"Yes!!!" Stardust Illusion, who was worried about living expenses, immediately agreed. "Please let me join you for a meal too!"

"Hahaha, eat more! It's because of your good appetite that Xiao Li has developed such great long-distance running endurance."

Rokuhei Ginjiro said this.

The man in the chestnut hat standing beside her nodded rapidly, indicating that he ate a lot because he wanted to run better.

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Chapter Eighteen: The Final Orthodox Form

The training days were quite monotonous, consisting of basic endurance and strength training every day.

According to Rokuhei Ginjiro, Stardust Illusion is currently lacking in basic attributes. No matter how powerful a running style is, it needs the support of basic qualities. Therefore, the most important thing now is to improve endurance and strength.

Stardust Illusion wholeheartedly agrees with this view.

After looking at her own attribute panel, she understood this very well. If her basic stats weren't up to par, it would be absolutely impossible for her to stand on the field of the classic triple crown.

However, despite her approval, she was still exhausted from Rokuhei Ginjiro's daily training.

It was a training session that seemed impossible to complete, but with Oguri Hat always completing more than twice the amount of training, even Stardust Illusion couldn't refuse.

During these days of training, she also witnessed a glimpse of Oguri Hat's strength.

After maintaining two parallel running training sessions every day, Oguri Hat mastered the basics of the Seiyo runner in just three days, and then demonstrated extraordinary last-foot technique and other skills.

Even just running alongside her, Stardust Illusion benefited greatly; in fact, towards the end, she essentially learned various techniques from Little Chestnut Hat on her own.

In addition to training, Stardust Illusion also needs to find time to learn about the basics of horse racing, a problem that Rokuhei Ginjiro discovered after spending time with him.

"If you start in a curve and you're on the outside, how do you run?"

"I will use the running method I am most familiar with, and go directly from the outside lane diagonally to turn the curve into two straights!"

During a Q&A session, when Grandpa Liuping heard Stardust Illusion's reply, he felt a sudden darkness before his eyes.

If this guy were to participate in a competition like that, and a situation like starting with a sharp angle occurred, the consequences would probably be more serious than just a suspension.

It's important to know that racehorses can instantly reach speeds of over 60 km/h at the start. In such situations, if someone forcibly cuts into the inner lane from the outer lane, the racehorses, unable to avoid the collision, could easily cause a chain reaction of collisions and crashes.

In the worst-case scenario, it can even cause irreparable injuries to some female racehorses, at which point it will be too late for regrets.

Not only will Stardust Illusion have to pay a price, but even he, the temporary trainer, will have to prostrate himself before the trainers of every participant.

"Go and study the rules for horse racing properly!"

Hearing Rokuhei Ginjiro yell at her angrily for the first time, Stardust Illusion couldn't help but feel fear. She could only obediently follow the arrangements and use her nighttime rest time after training to cram in all kinds of knowledge.

That said, although the initial request was that Grandpa Rokuhei and Oguri Hat be responsible for her training, Stardust Illusion discovered that Grandpa Rokuhei simply took care of her food, lodging, and even all the training equipment as well—using Oguri Hat's terrifyingly large bounty.

Little Chestnut Hat: I have no objection.

It should be said that apart from racing and eating, Stardust Illusion has not been discovered yet, and Oguri Hat may have other ideas about the things that Grandpa Rokuhei arranged.

In training, in addition to the two daily parallel runs with Oguri Hat, the remaining events mainly consist of short-distance running and frog jumps, supplemented by tire dragging, bounding jumps, and so on.

According to Grandpa Liu Ping, these training sessions not only improve basic physical fitness, but also allow Stardust Illusion's body, which has only been trained for a month, to fully adapt to the conditions required for running, coordinating the state of its feet, legs, hips, waist, body, shoulders, arms, and even the joints of its hands.

Many people think that running is all about the powerful legs of a racehorse, but in reality, to achieve peak speed, you must use your whole body to assist in running.

Even the arms need to swing in rhythm with the body in order to truly mobilize the power of the whole body and pour it into every step you take.

By the second week of training, Stardust Illusion had basically adapted to the rhythm, and with the addition of eating and drinking to replenish her energy after exercise, her physical fitness also improved.

In short-distance sprint training, she has been able to consistently reduce the time difference between herself and Oguri Hat to less than 1 second.

After another ten days, totaling more than two weeks, Stardust Illusion's control over his body reached a new level through this intense training.

Looking at the data panel provided by the system now, she was no longer the second-rate racehorse girl she had been before: