I only have one year to live, so I must become a legendary horse girl!

But Gotham Anthem's move here was a complete surprise, because the original intention of doing so was actually to encourage and support pre-match preparation, that is, to watch other players' previous game videos before the game starts to find habits and prepare for the game.

but……!

In this situation, even if I tell these people the information about the Gotham Anthem players, it will be completely useless...?!

Just like the update that the astronomer posted after the list was completely made public.

I'm going to look for footage of Gotham Carols playing on dirt tracks... Eh? I can't find any.

For a competitor who is making his debut on mud track and is able to participate in the Dubai World Cup, although this move is risky, it also brings the biggest advantage in a certain sense, which is that it completely eliminates the possibility of others making pre-match preparations.

As for the possibility of conquering the Gotham Anthem by looking at videos of grass court matches?

Are you saying that the minimum distance is a huge gap between the contemporary horse king-level astronomers and the Gotham Carol game video? Come on, use the words of the expert in this field, even the master and legendary brave dancer.

Any preparation, experience, skills and everything that can be done outside the arena are actually to make up for the gap, but for a monster like Gotham Anthem who can easily start with a huge advantage and blow up the opponent, no amount of preparation is actually useful.

In other words, if you want your preparation to be useful, then there is only one prerequisite, that is, without the preparation, you and Gotham Carol have similar human abilities, but obviously...

Does a horse girl with such conditions exist in this world, in this world today?

It might exist, but it's a little unlikely.

This is probably the situation. The pre-preparation for Gotham Carol is itself a very funny thing, and can be completely ignored. In this regard, perhaps only the legendary horse girls at their peak strength are necessary to do it, otherwise they will be bombarded.

Under such circumstances, even preparing for the mud race was impossible—because there were no race records at all.

So, will astronomers think, as many people on the Internet question, that Gotham Carol cannot show such terrifying dominance on the mud?

How is that possible...! Even though astronomers didn't think Gotham Carol could achieve the kind of world-renowned success that Miss Dusk Song did, she was still much more aware than most passersby...

She knows much more clearly than most passers-by what kind of horse girl Gotham Carol is-!

Gotham Carol will never force herself in a competition! In other words, if she didn't have a clear self-awareness and knew her approximate level on the dirt, she would never participate in the Dubai World Cup.

Maybe there's a slight difference compared to grass? That's quite possible, but it's only a slight difference. What does a slight difference mean? It's very likely still a big difference!

Gotham Carol might have come here with the ambition of achieving world domination even on the dirt. Perhaps that's why she made her dirt debut at the Dubai World Cup...

Even astronomers had an absurd idea. If it weren't for the unspoken rule that "on Dubai Grand Prix Day, a horse girl would usually only choose to run away", Gotham Anthem might have wanted to fight a high-intensity battle today and simply take all the honors of the entire Dubai Grand Prix Day into their own pockets.

Is she really a horse girl who could do such a crazy thing——!

The astronomer didn't think any more about it. She listened to the commentary outside, then took a deep breath and trotted out, walking along the path in front of the audience stand, showing her confidence and strength.

The audience also cheered the astronomer's name. Even though she was still thinking about how to face the terrifying oppression of Gotham Anthem just a moment ago, now, after walking out of the contestant channel and showing herself to the whole world, she has restrained the thoughts that were about to overwhelm her.

Now, she is the astronomer that the whole world is looking forward to, an extremely powerful astronomer, an astronomer who is confident that she will not lose to anyone -!

There was no point in thinking about anything else now, right? There was only one thing to do right now, a very simple one: run, run with all your might...

What Gotham Carol? This time I come for revenge, I come to surpass you.

Astronomers have completely entered the state of the competition...!

In this Dubai World Cup, she trailed Angry by a slight margin in popularity, becoming the third most popular player in this game. On the field where the previous game had just ended, she took slow steps and made her debut on the stage like an astronomer!

Then, he appeared angry, as always, as if he was going to destroy the whole world, with his cheeks tense and his whole body as if it was burning with flames.

In fact, the Astronomer's winning suit is white and gold, and he looks as handsome and gorgeous as the prince that all horse girls dream of. What's even rare is that he wears pants instead of a skirt among horse girls.

The same is true for Shengqi. As a horse girl whose name symbolizes burning flames, her whole body is red and black, and the cloak on her back is also burning with golden patterns like flames. The same slim trousers as the astronomer's also appeared in pairs at this time.

But what attracted the attention of the entire stadium more at this time?

Of course, there is the mysterious contestant who has not appeared yet, as if he was hidden until the end before the list was announced.

"Next up is the horsegirl who's emerged as a rising star in this Dubai World Cup, the one everyone's eagerly anticipating—! Let me share this with you all: Miss Gotham Carol didn't actively sign up for this competition. Instead, she accepted an invitation from the tournament organizers and was subsequently included in the list of runners."

"Furthermore, because of something that everyone knows about, Miss Gotham Carol, who wasn't officially announced to enter the popularity voting until the last day, unexpectedly still became the most popular, even completely surpassing Miss Angry, who was ranked second... This is really too hard to believe, isn't it?"

"Oh, everyone, from my angle, I can clearly see the silhouette emerging from the contestant tunnel—but I still have to say my final words. Let's use this time to finally anticipate."

"Coming towards us next is the Irish Champion, winner of the Japan Cup, Yasuda Memorial Award, Takarazuka Memorial Award, Yasuda Memorial Award, and the Chrysanthemum Award. She's intimidated the entire world, turning last year into a one-man show. She's also the winner of the annual People's Choice Award for Best Horse Girl and the Eclipse Meadows Award for Horse Girl - Gotham Carol!"

As the commentary continued, the outside world was already in a hysterical frenzy. In fact, of all the evaluations and resumes mentioned above, at best they only had a voice of the people and a championship title that had considerable fame in the world. But even so, the whole world would not be stingy with their cheers for the appearance of Gotham Carol.

Because everyone knows one thing, the horse girl who can achieve such results in so many competitions is not because she does not have the ability and strength to dominate the competitions around the world, but because she only wants to crush all her enemies in such competitions. She did not participate in more competitions for some ideas!

Or is she just slowly showing her fangs?

Look, isn't she standing on the stage of the Dubai World Cup now?

What's more, this competition has other extra points, that is, this is the first time that our super cute Miss Carol wears her new winning suit and participates in a mud race -!

Thank God, she finally changed into a dress-like skirt, hehe, just like Miss Mu Liuge returned.

When Gotham Carol slowly walked out of the player tunnel and passed by the audience, the whole world seemed to be shaken. Obviously, the people in the stadium were in a deeper frenzy at this moment. However, Gotham Carol's performance was completely different from any other players who greeted the audience and fans.

She just walked forward silently and slowly, not jogging at all but enthusiastically, as if she was a devil lost in thought in her own world, walking across the narrow path in front of the audience stand with a firm pace that would not be affected by anyone.

If it were someone else, such behavior might be loudly rebuked, saying that the store is bullying customers and doesn't care about the fans' feelings at all, but this is Gotham Ode, a petite yet powerful Gotham Ode.

People didn't even feel ignored, and instead shouted even louder, as if they thought Gotham Carol was deliberately testing their enthusiasm with this attitude.

The thunderous cheers grew louder and louder, but Gotham Carol never turned her head to look at the people even for half a second. Until she was about to step onto the stage, the devil of the arena finally stopped under the gaze of the whole world.

At this moment, Gotham Carol was facing away from the audience, with his head slightly tilted up as if he was deep in thought.

The entire arena fell into silence, and it was in this dead silence that Gotham Carol slowly raised his hand.

In the end, she didn't even turn around to look at her fans before walking onto the stage, but in fact, she just responded to expectations in a different way.

Because she raised her hand high and pointed with the first finger.

My first appearance on the mud, my first official step into the world.

I respond to your first game.

And, this is my first game that truly belongs to Gotham, without any old ties or pulls, and that walks out of a new story...

Everyone, open your eyes and watch carefully.

Chapter 179: Medal of First Failure

In the narrow gate, what is perhaps more terrifying than the silence?

Naturally, it's the aura of certainty of victory displayed by the powerful horse girl next to her, right?

However, this is not a big problem for Gotham Carol. In this Dubai World Cup that has attracted worldwide attention, as a horse girl who can theoretically choose any running style, Gotham Carol was assigned a gate that is neither good nor bad.

Among the sixteen contestants, she was gate number five, located quite close to the middle.

As always, Gotham Carol is still the first one among all the horse girls to walk into the gate. In fact, this has been marveled at by many people all over the world. Although it is not uncommon to see horse girls who are not afraid of gates, it is quite rare to see someone like Gotham Carol who is not affected at all like a human being.

Most horse girls, even if they are quite famous, such as Miss Chiaki, who is probably the most famous in this field, would not be willing to enter a small space like a gate.

This is no wonder. For creatures like Uma Musume who are born to love galloping and the vast world, the claustrophobic and imprisoning space like the gate is really too scary.

It is precisely because of such elements and the almost inevitable innate differences that Gotham Carol is not afraid of the gate at all, which makes people so surprised and amazed.

After spending a little bit of time to complete the entry of all the remaining horse girls, the whole race entered the most important part that made the audience hold their breath and couldn't help but look forward to it.

The Dubai World Cup can only be said to be truly about to begin at this moment...!

"The weather at the Dubai Meydan Racecourse is beautiful, and just like every year, it's been a sunny day. The countdown to the highly anticipated Dubai World Cup, the 2,000-meter dirt track race, is almost here. Let's all look forward to it. What kind of surprises will this event, arguably the pinnacle of dirt track racing worldwide, bring us all...!"

"The opening phase of the event is about to enter the final stage. The lights at the gate will light up, and the moment the red turns to green..."

“That was the moment, in front of the whole world, when the Dubai World Cup legend began!”

【red……】

Gotham Carol took a deep breath. In fact, every time before the game started, in the last ten seconds or so, she would calm down into a rather incredible state. Everything in the world would drift away from her in this last bit of time, and then all that was left was herself, the game, and the opponents around her.

But in fact, this is completely different from the flow of mind that belonged to Bo Mu Liu Ge when he was willing to run for his life.

The Dusk Song in that state was uncontrollable, and the Gotham Carol...

She is taming her own coldness.

【red--!】

The sound of the gate light had some subtle changes, becoming harsher and more rapid than the first reminder sound, as if it was meant to wake up Uma Musume who was still distracted and had completely lost her concentration at this stage?

However, this matter had no effect on Gotham Carol. At this moment, she was thinking about how to proceed with the game.

Generally speaking, even on muddy ground, especially in the current situation, she should still use her escape method to break through and take the lead. After all, no one has been able to predict her choice and start before the game. This is the biggest advantage and the one that is least likely to be used.

So, what will happen if we use a big escape to face the Dubai World Cup?

There probably won't be too many obstacles, so I can lead the way all the way and win directly, right?

Gotham Anthem was not sure, but for her, two thousand meters was indeed not too long a distance. At least even if it was three thousand meters with another thousand added, it was still within her maximum range. To be honest, it was just the grass and mud that made people feel like there might be a difference, right?

But unfortunately, for Gotham Carol, whether it is mud or grass, it actually makes no difference.

One thing that people all over the world don't know right now is... for Gotham Carol.

There is no difference between the two, but at this very moment, such sharp fangs are about to be fully exposed——

Witness this true Gotham ode to mud and mud! Witness my power...!

【green--!】

The moment the gate lights turned green, the entire stadium was immersed in a sea of ​​enthusiastic cheers. Dubai was originally a desert atmosphere, and the heat coming down from the sky seemed to intensify the enthusiasm and carnival of everyone present -!

In the Dubai Mehdan Racecourse, people’s cheers were like thunder and lasted for a long time—!

However, in such a scene, Gotham Carol, who had already simulated the possible situations in his mind, rarely felt what the arrival of the unexpected meant.

The Gotham Anthem, which was at the fifth gate and should have had a smooth journey to the inside and then suddenly accelerated to show unparalleled speed, proving that it still had complete dominance on the mud, actually encountered a challenge that it had never expected?

As usual, Gotham Carol completed the exit with almost... no, perfect speed, and then adjusted to the right position, ready to charge directly, she was surprised to find that there was another figure waiting in the direction she had originally chosen, and then used his strong and tall body to completely block all possible positions in that direction.

This is too weird... How could I choose to escape when I haven't been exposed?

Gotham Carol was surprised. She looked at the figure in front of her who was like a boiling flame blocking all possible moves. For a moment, she fell behind a little.

Who does this figure belong to?

It was the anger that provoked and threatened Gotham Carol before the game!

As the second-best horsegirl in this year's Arc de Triomphe, she actually anticipated Gotham Carol's escape before the race even began, and then implemented the most effective interception plan with a start time that was almost as fast as Gotham Carol's?!

"All the horsegirls have finished their races, and the one who grabbed the lead is... Angry? Our favorite, Gotham Carol, is now in second place. Clearly, the transition from dirt to grass hasn't caused any difficulties in her adaptation. But Angry actually predicted Gotham Carol's position and intentions, without any information at all?"

“It’s unbelievable!”

The commentator's voice was also mixed with a certain amount of disbelief, as if they had witnessed something completely impossible. In fact, even outside of the competition, there was no need to prepare for the mall run. But considering those who knew about this, the commentator couldn't be sure that Gotham Carol would choose to perform the Great Escape Method in this game...!

Who would have thought that a horse girl who dominated the grass would have such strong adaptability even after transcending genres?!

You know, angry people are unlikely to choose the leading running method, especially over a distance of two thousand meters -!

In other words, she made a strategic prediction specifically for Gotham Song, and then did relevant training at the very beginning of the game, no, before the game started.

Why do you say that?

"Angry's exit was only slightly behind Gotham Carol's? If it weren't for the positional advantage, such a successful interception wouldn't have been possible, right?!"

Yes, she has the advantage of position. Unlike Gotham Anthem who was at the fifth gate in this match, Anger, who was not originally the leader, was assigned the third gate in this match. In fact, she was much closer to the inside than Gotham Anthem.

This is the real biggest reason why she was able to complete the blockade, no doubt about it!

Because she actually started the race behind Gotham Carol, even if it was only a little bit, she was indeed a long way behind!

However, because of the position of the gate, the situation that should not have happened was completely changed, causing Gotham Carol to fall behind and have to face this game, no, a weakness that she had to face throughout her career, which could be said to be her biggest weakness.

That is, how can she break through the obstruction and blockade of the horse girl in front of her?

"That's insane! Things like the gate number aren't known until the day of the race. Are you saying that Miss Angry guessed who the mysterious horse girl was and what kind of running style she would choose several days before the race, then did some targeted training that was probably completely in vain, and even relied on her positional advantage to take the lead on the field?!"

"If a stranger had said this to me before I knew about the Dubai World Cup, I would have called him a lunatic, but now I can only say..."

"Angry, was all this within your calculations?!"

Was everything really calculated? If everything was calculated, then they wouldn't have relied on their positional advantage to snatch such a leading position. The one running in front, everyone was amazed and angry, but there was only a sense of fear in their hearts.

If she hadn't been at the gate in front, if it hadn't been for the right time and place, what people would be paying attention to now wouldn't be the anger that relied on strategy to win, but the Gotham ode that left the whole world behind.

Unbelievable, isn't it? Angry had no idea how much effort he'd put in. Before the competition even began, with only one spot left on the roster, and the entire world arguing over who would take it, Angry had already locked onto Gotham Anthem. And after rewatching all of that horsegirl's match replays, especially the final escape, as the runner-up at the Arc de Triomphe, having witnessed the legendary horsegirl running like a sprinter, Angry was completely certain of one thing.

Gotham Carol will definitely choose the Great Escape method to complete this Dubai World Cup.

Because no matter what kind of running method she chose in the previous competition, the final result was exactly the same, or in other words, the way Gotham Carol won was exactly the same, which was hidden among various other running methods and could only be obtained through analysis and deduction.