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

She quickly turned to look at the stardust illusion standing behind her, as if hoping to get a negative answer from the person she admired most.

Although Stardust Illusion had never agreed to be the girl's mentor, she realized that the girl had indeed learned the basics of her running style in the previous competition.

Originally not wanting to interfere in the internal affairs of the old star team, she couldn't help but think of herself when she begged Rokuhei Ginjiro to train her...

(Sigh, it's a cycle.)

She sighed inwardly, then spoke to the twin turbines before her, whose faces were already streaked with tears:

"Twin Turbo, since you weren't included in the candidates, it means that your strength, speed, and other abilities are indeed insufficient."

"But--!"

Upon hearing Stardust Illusion's assessment, Twin Turbo immediately became anxious to explain to the other party that he had simply not trained properly.

"Let me finish." Stardust Illusion reached out and stroked the little girl's hair with practiced ease. "But as I mentioned before, your body is very flexible—that's an extraordinary talent."

Stardust Illusion closed its eyes slightly, recalling its worthy rivals with whom it had once run:

“Zhuo Fu, Xiao Li Mao, and Dong Hai Di Wang are all like you. So you already have the excellent qualities to step into G1.”

(Oops, I accidentally told a lame joke.)

"Wow, that's amazing!"

Although Twin Turbine didn't quite understand what was being said, she knew that Stardust Illusion was praising her.

Receiving praise from her revered master instantly dispelled her previous dejection, and her eyes now shone brightly.

"Are tower pumps really that promising?!"

Stardust Illusion nodded: "Yes. But training and studying are also necessary."

"You need to build up your strength so that you can make steady progress and become a successful runner like me."

"At that time, you can join our Draco team too, let alone the Canopus team."

"Great, twin turbos! Stardust Illusion says you have a lot of potential!"

The poet happily embraced the blue-haired girl, genuinely joyful for her.

"Hehehehe..." The two ears, adorned with earrings, swayed nervously back and forth as the two turbines' faces were being rubbed.

Even she couldn't help but feel shy after being praised like that by Stardust Illusion.

Then, the twin turbine broke free from the embrace of the poetic drama and shouted loudly to everyone in front of it:

"Twin Turbo will definitely train hard! And then join Master Stardust Illusion's team in one go!!!"

"Wait a minute, didn't you say you wanted to join Canopus?"

Trainer Minamisaka quickly pressed for an answer.

Originally, she didn't want to interfere too much with Ikuno Dedus's decisions, but now this recent supernova, Stardust Illusion, had given Twin Turbo such high praise and even took the initiative to extend an invitation to join the team.

She couldn't help but think that if she let a promising talent slip away from her, Ikuno Didus would complain to her again.

Therefore, they had no choice but to take the initiative to ask the other party to stay.

"How about this, Twin Turbo, you join in the training with these ten people. Since you said it's just because you haven't done much training, let's see how you improve over the past two weeks, and then we'll decide how to handle it."

“Master…” Twin Turbine subconsciously looked at the Stardust Illusion again.

"You decide for yourself—but don't call me master anymore. I'm a newcomer myself, and even if I wanted to teach you, I wouldn't know how to say it."

Stardust Illusion spread his hands, looking utterly helpless.

"Let's have twin-turbochargers join us too!"

Seeing that Stardust Illusion did not object, Poetry Drama dared to quickly take Twin Turbine's hand and plead with it:

"I can train with you! We'll get stronger together and compete!"

"..."

In Twin Turbo's mind, the image of Stardust Illusion running wildly during the race flashed through his mind.

I want to be like her, to become an unparalleled racehorse girl.

The term "great escape" has been deeply etched into the minds of twin-turbocharged engines today.

(If I always follow my master around, I'll never truly become stronger, right?)

She recalled how she had easily won by following behind her opponent during the training match just now.

Although you defeat other opponents, you don't really feel the impact, as if... you didn't win through your own strength.

"Okay, the tower pump needs to be added to Canopus!"

"Great! I can train with the twin turbos now!"

The poetic drama immediately started celebrating by pulling the twin turbines.

Trainer Minamisaka, standing to the side, opened his mouth but was too embarrassed to correct the fact that he hadn't officially joined yet.

"Hahaha! Tower Pump is indeed an incredibly powerful racehorse girl, everyone agrees on that!"

With a wide grin and hands on his hips, the double turbine once again became smug after being flattered by the poetic drama.

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Chapter 107 The Strongest Dream Bloodline in All of Japan

Having confirmed the next training location for Twin Turbo, Stardust Illusion did not linger with the Old Man Star team for long.

The other party has just recruited 10 trial players, making it clear that they will soon be busy settling them in with the unofficial twin-turbo team.

If I were to stay there, it would only delay the time that Neighbor would have to spend on important matters to accompany me.

Ultimately, Stardust Illusion is just aimlessly killing time right now; there's no need for him to stay with people he knows.

Having arranged to meet with Necha in three days to visit the prominent family, she left and went alone to a nearby canteen, where she ordered some food to relax.

Setting down the seven or eight plates in his hands, Stardust Illusion sat at the table, took out his phone, and prepared to take advantage of this rare free time to look up his opponent in the upcoming open tournament.

Perhaps some people, seeing Stardust Mirage's recent extensive training and simulation matches, have forgotten about this incident.

However, her current record in open tournaments is only 1 win in 2 matches, which is just the level of a rookie who has just made her debut.

Next, the open race that Scarlet Toyama has already registered Stardust Illusion for is the G3 Kyoto Mares Special Race on January 27th, which is a few days later.

"Hmm, let me see the list—"

"Smoked fish, I don't recognize any of these during my experiential week. Let's just look at the top three most popular ones, after all, it's a G3 level competition—"

Stardust Illusion was now using the skills he had acquired in his previous life as a useless college student: shoveling rice into his mouth with one hand while deftly scrolling through his phone screen with the other.

She quickly saw the top three most popular contestants in the competition:

"Third place is Ikuno Didos? So she and I will be participating in the same competition next?"

Only then did Stardust Illusion belatedly remember something.

When Ikuno Didos discovered her disguise, he specifically asked Necha to send over his own test data.

At that time, Stardust Illusion was curious as to why such a serious matter was being taken for just a data table...

It seems that because they will be competing against each other in the future, she wants to avoid suspicion and prevent him from thinking that she will use the data to do something against him?

I remember this racehorse girl wearing glasses, always treating everyone with a serious attitude, and being extremely meticulous.

Stardust Illusion felt that she was indeed the type of person who would do such a thing.

"I'm second in popularity...?"

She was somewhat surprised by her position. Although it wasn't exactly boasting, Stardust Illusion did feel that her popularity had increased considerably after competing with the Noble Clan's Zhuo Fu and others.

During these past few days of training, there have often been female racehorses or staff members watching her from the sidelines.

Although they wouldn't directly come up and disturb her, seeing that group of people gathered together, whispering and looking in her direction, initially affected her training.

Even when I went to the cafeteria, the auntie who had become familiar with me started to secretly give me an extra half portion in each bowl with a smile.

Later, after hearing from Hikari Toyama, she learned that the staff here seemed to regard her as a candidate for the new generation of Japanese representative Uma Musume, with the potential to challenge for the Arc de Triomphe Award.

In addition, just today when I went out, I ran into two enthusiastic fans of Ellie Digital and Twin Turbo.

Even Stardust Illusion is starting to realize herself; she might be considered a celebrity now.

It turns out that even in a G3-level open tournament, I'm only second in popularity.

I recall that the academy had promised that all data and information from the mock competitions would remain confidential, except for data from the winners' stage...

Could this be the reason why outsiders are unaware of the situation during the mock competitions within the academy?

So her current second-place ranking in popularity is merely a result of the initial hype generated by Oguri Hat promoting herself...

"But this is for the best," Stardust Illusion remarked.

Although she craves the spotlight and the attention of others.

But I don't want to be prematurely burdened with expectations of being "representative of Japan".

Even if she were able to take on this responsibility, the schedule wouldn't allow it.

To challenge for the classic triple crown, it means competing in Japan in April, May, and November, plus the Satsuki Sho preliminary round in March...

How could she possibly have time to attend the Arc de Triomphe event in France this October, or the Arc de Triomphe outpost?

"So, next up is number one in popularity."

Stardust Illusion slowly swiped across the phone screen, and at this moment she also felt a little curious about the first one.

Although she is just the second generation of Oguri Hat in the outside world and has not shown her true strength... who is this amazing person who can surpass this title of Uma Musume?

"Another young lady from a prestigious family, she looks somewhat like McQueen..."

Stardust Illusion looked at the photo on the screen and sighed.

The name of this most popular female racehorse is:

—The First Ruby.