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

Chapter 49 Now you are the challenger, Big Tree Express (

[She crossed the finish line!!! Stardust Illusion unleashed another burst of speed at the last moment, shaking off the catching-up Tree Express and transforming into a whirlwind, leaving everyone else in the dust, successfully crossing the finish line in first place!]

[She did it! Just like Oguri Hat reappeared on the field, Stardust Illusion successfully defeated all her opponents, seizing the championship with overwhelming force!!!]

"Ooooooooooooooo!!!"

A deafening roar erupted as the winner of the competition was decided.

In the stands surrounding the racecourse, spectators, regardless of whose team they supported, had already raised their hands and were cheering wildly for the runners.

The medical staff had just been called over, and the air tank standing in front of the finish line was completely shocked by what they saw.

She stared blankly at the stardust illusion, unable to believe what she was seeing.

Stardust Illusion defeated Tree Express and all the other runners to take first place in this race.

"How is this possible? This level of last-footed player, this..."

She murmured to herself.

But Qi Tank quickly realized what was happening and hurriedly called on the staff around him to chase after the Stardust Illusion to prevent her from falling and getting injured due to exhaustion.

At this moment, Stardust Illusion had completely lost control of its body.

She crossed the finish line, staggering forward a distance due to inertia, before suddenly falling to the side.

My legs were completely out of control; only sweat kept sliding down my face.

Even if the Stardust Illusion tried to reach out to support its falling body, it was completely too weak and was about to crash directly into the grass...

But an arm caught her.

"It's nothing, she's just exhausted."

Toyama Scarlet was already waiting there, caught Stardust Illusion's body, and then informed the medical staff.

Next up was Miura Happen, who crossed the finish line in sixth place. She also ran towards this side, but her body went limp and she was caught by Toyama Hikari with her other hand.

As the air tanker and medical staff began to lift the two onto stretchers and check their physical condition, Toyama Hikari, unusually, refrained from saying anything inappropriate.

She spoke calmly:

"Hey, Stardust Illusion."

"In this week of training, out of the hundreds of sprints you've done, I haven't seen a single time that can reach 34 seconds."

"But only this once, only this last time..."

"You ran a 32.9-second three-wave run, leaving the mile race champion, Big Tree, completely behind."

"You won this match."

The trainer, Hikari Toyama, who was usually like a demon during training, turned her back to hide her expression and praised him earnestly.

"No, I didn't win."

Stardust Illusion spat the remaining blood from her mouth onto the grass beside her; she was so exhausted that she was almost asleep.

However, upon hearing Hikari Toyama's words, she still struggled to deny them.

"We're the ones who won, aren't we?" Stardust Illusion replied.

In this race, both the tactics devised by trainer Hikari Toyama and the energy-saving, wind-breaking lead that Miura Bourbon took for herself played an extremely crucial role.

It's fair to say that even if Stardust Illusion were to compete against Tree Express in its full potential right now, she wouldn't have the confidence to do so.

During the match, although she finally unleashed what was called "fighting spirit" and successfully shook off the fast-moving tree that was almost catching up with her, it was also because her rhythm had been completely disrupted by the escape tactic, which led to her physical exhaustion.

Therefore, Stardust Illusion did not believe that this victory could be achieved by himself alone.

but……

Stardust Illusion looked up at the azure sky above, smiled, and stretched out its limbs in enjoyment.

This feeling is something you can never get enough of, no matter how many times you do it.

When she finally wins the classic triple crown, she wants to lie on the ground like she is today, enjoying the cheers of all the spectators in the arena.

It will be soon... In just three months, I will be able to step onto that battlefield!

"Howdy~!"

Just as the Stardust Illusion was enjoying this moment of tranquility, the sky above its head was suddenly obscured by two round shadows.

She looked closely and saw the giant tree express that had just been competing with her.

She was standing directly above him, smiling as she looked down at him through the two unsightly fat bulges and waved.

"Stardust Illusion, I've lost this match to you." The older sister said it very casually, readily admitting her defeat.

"The fact that it could unleash such a powerful final kick is truly astonishing."

Big Tree Express gave the runner who had defeated it a relieved smile and gave a thumbs-up with its right hand.

"That was just a fluke," Stardust Illusion replied somewhat embarrassedly.

Compared to her frenzied attitude on the field, where she almost risks her life against her opponents, she is not so arrogant in her daily life. Sometimes she even feels annoyed when she recalls how arrogant she was during the competition.

At this moment, she felt slightly apologetic for her earlier boastful remarks, so she took the initiative to speak:

"Let's compete together again in the future. At that time, I will challenge you when you are in full form."

"This match has said it all, Stardust Illusion. Even if we face off again in the future, I will still be the challenger."

The Big Tree Express smiled and shook its head, then looked around:

"Besides, I'm about to retire. If we're going to have another match, let's save it for the Dream Cup. I'll use my prime to challenge you again then."

"I'll leave the communication and match against the French team to you. It seems we're still far from being mature enough... See you next time!"

After saying that, Big Tree Express waved his hand, turned around and walked back to his team's rest area with a carefree attitude.

The medical staff nearby quickly came over and massaged Stardust Illusion and Miura Bourbon to relax their muscles and clean the wound on her tongue from being bitten.

At the same time, Hikari Toyama peeled bananas for the two racehorse girls and handed them over along with energy drinks to help them recover their physical functions.

Stardust Illusion, chewing on banana flesh, suddenly remembered what Tree Express had just said, quickly swallowed, and then asked:

"Toyama, is it really our team that's going to exchange and learn from the French team? What if we embarrass ourselves?"

"So what if I'm embarrassed?" Hikari Toyama said casually, shrugging her shoulders with an indifferent expression.

"In short, our team only has two rookie female racers, so it's normal that we can't compare to the strong French teams, right? Anyway, I'm not afraid of losing face."

"Your most important task now is to engage in combat with various opponents and learn from their experiences—especially you, Stardust Illusion."

"You're a natural-born fighter. I'll do everything I can to increase your match volume. Get ready!"

"Haha, Team Draco has successfully won the right to exchange, and as the representative team of Japan, we can soon exchange with the French team!"

Thinking of this, Hikari Toyama couldn't help but laugh out loud with a devilish grin.

"...!?"

Qi Tank, who was standing to the side and was checking all the contestants for any hidden injuries, was completely petrified and frozen in place when he heard their conversation.

Stardust Illusion's victory means that this guy will lead the team to exchange with the French student exchange team...

Thinking of this, Qisuo's vision went black.

It's over, it's completely over, everything is over!

The glory of the Japanese horse racing world, the glory of Central Tereson Academy... are all going to be destroyed by this guy, Scarlet Toyama!!!

First and foremost, the book will be released tomorrow, and it's expected to be a series of short, engaging chapters. I really appreciate everyone's support and subscriptions; it means a lot to me. Thank you!

Then I'll share my thoughts.

First of all, the reason this book came into being can be summed up in one sentence: It was all about playing Uma Musume (not really).

Actually, I watched horse races.

01 Most readers have probably read that book. It's really good. After reading it, I felt like Mai-senpai was crawling all over me, and I wanted to read some more similar stories.

After searching for a long time, I really couldn't find any horse racing fanfiction with this feeling. What should I do?

What else can we do? Use traditional skills, if we can't find any, we'll just write them ourselves…

So this book is actually quite a copy of the 01 book. I don't know if everyone can see it. For example, it also debuted with Dibao and the way the competition was written. But in the end, it is still in the category of imitation and does not go so far as to be called a reference.

Regarding this Uma Musume fanfic, I prefer to call it a sports-themed story. In essence, it's about superpowered running, which is because I've loved sports-themed, action-packed manga and anime since middle school.

So this desire is actually reflected in the book. It describes horse racing, cooperation with teammates, coaches and trainers devising tactics and teaching the protagonist. These are all writing styles that only appear in sports. After all, racing is an individual sport and is different from team sports.

This competition may have seemed a bit drawn out, mainly for two reasons. First, as mentioned before, I was imitating the book "01". Those who have read it know how detailed that competition guide is. I guess I've only managed a poor imitation so far, failing to grasp the essence. I will definitely improve on that next.

The second reason is a bit embarrassing to admit. Someone told me that the release of a new chapter should be timed to coincide with the climax, and not placed after the climax. So, I may have intentionally or unintentionally dragged out the plot a bit.

However, it wasn't intentional filler. I immediately edited and cut it when I noticed the plot was dragging. Originally, there might have been several more chapters of the competition.

The Amazonian racer was also scheduled to showcase his unique chasing style. In the end, it was a three-way competition. I wrote several chapters, but by Wednesday I decided against it and deleted a large amount of content. Then I updated 6000 words in one go to ensure everyone could finish reading the race before it went on sale.

Let me admit my mistake; I shouldn't let this affect my writing rhythm.

I finally finished writing this match before it went on sale. Although everyone says that releasing it at the climax will result in higher first-day and average subscriptions... but forget it, I won't do that. It's true that I haven't been updating much and have been stopping frequently, which is just torturing the readers.

Anyway, the next event is the first winner's stage. I'm not very good at writing singing and dancing, so I just wrote it based on the feeling of another anime I've watched. It feels a bit crazy.

I wonder how effective it will be?

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Let's talk about a few characters who aren't from the original work.