Why was I assigned to be a horse girl?

"Um... is there any safer option?"

Kotobuki Toru shook his head decisively: "No, no one can guarantee a 100% win rate in the top 100 races... Not to mention, there are the Noble Lady and the horse girls from Ocean Star, they will come to challenge you to a race sooner or later. The horse girls you have beaten, such as Golden Master and Justice, will definitely not be willing to give up. At the same time, there are also many horse girls who are patiently waiting and hiding their identities. As long as you are still participating in the races, you will definitely not lack opponents."

"Ah..." Hitoko Amber twisted her body, trying to struggle, but she quickly accepted reality: "Bring it on! So who is my next opponent?"

"My family, right? They'll be going back in a few days... You should be prepared?"

Hitotsu Amber's body trembled. "Whoa, now that you mention it... I'd rather face Senior Little Chestnut Hat and Senior Great Shock!"

Kotobuki Toru grabbed Hitoko Amber's tail and teased, "Even an ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her in-laws, and besides, you're not ugly... Now that we've talked about 'opponents,' let's talk about the competition. There aren't any competitions in July, August, and September, so you can rest. Then it's your original schedule... the Chrysanthemum Sho in the traditional Triple Crown, or the Autumn Blossom Sho in the Triple Crown."

Hitoko Amber pointed to herself: "I'm already a Triple Crown racehorse girl."

“I know, but everything has a beginning and an end... Japan’s three crowns are very precious. If you win Japan’s three crowns, your status in Japan will be above that of the Emperor. Moreover, you will be able to create an unprecedented four-crown record. You have already won two crowns in Japan. Winning one more should not be too much of a pressure, right?”

Hitotsu Kohaku was quite impressed by Kotobuki Toru's words and immediately clapped her hands in agreement: "Wow... now that you mention it, I think it's a good idea! Let's register as you said, and after that, it'll be either the Japan Cup or the Arima Kinen tournament, right?"

Hitoko has been eyeing Arima Kinen for a long time. Compared to other races that require results and rankings as entry conditions, Arima Kinen's entry requirements are more unique. Arima Kinen's entry requirements are based on the popularity of the horse girls!

Only those ranked high in the popularity vote are eligible to participate in the race. In addition, as long as the popularity of the horse girl is high enough, she can participate in the race!

It can be said that if a regular race is a contest among a group of strong racers to determine the strongest, then Arima Kinen is a contest among a group of stars to determine the strongest!

The horse girl who wins in such an all-star competition has every right to claim that she is the most popular among all the strong horse girls, and the strongest among the most popular horse girls...

Hitotsu Amber naturally wanted to participate in such an All-Star game that had no age or experience restrictions.

However, Kotobuki Toru shook his head slightly first: "After the third Japanese championship and the fourth overall championship are over... you will definitely get a ticket to Arima Kinen, but before this race, I think we can challenge ourselves."

What does it mean to challenge yourself?

"Logically speaking, next October would be the best time for you to challenge for the Arc de Triomphe Award, but I think... you can give it a try this year."

"Going to challenge for the Arc de Triomphe a year in advance... This isn't just empty talk to the media, it's a serious proposal."

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Chapter 420 I'm surrounded by double-crowned racehorse girls!

"Really, really the Arc de Triomphe prize?" Fei Tu Hu Po looked at the goal plan written by Qin Chui Tou on the paper.

The Arc de Triomphe viewing has already been written after the Chrysanthemum Viewing and Autumn Blossom Viewing. Although it's just a plan written in pencil, the fact that it's written down means it's a done deal.

Even so, Hitoko Amber still deliberately emphasized, "I remember... Senior Great Shock also signed up for this Arc de Triomphe Award."

Kotobuki Toru nodded: "Yes, Dai Shock is someone who participates in the competition in her third year of school. She is the type who progresses step by step, but I think you, girl, have better comprehension and are already capable of skipping grades!"

Upon hearing the words "skip a grade," Fei Tu Hu Po's beautiful and lively eyes instantly dimmed. "Skipping a grade? What an unfamiliar word! When I was in school, my classmates and teachers were all worried that I would repeat a grade... Now you're actually letting me skip a grade. I have a bad feeling about this."

“I didn’t ask you to skip grades. With your academic abilities, I was actually worried you wouldn’t be able to get your degree smoothly…” Kotobuki Toru didn’t deny that Hishiko Amber was a poor student. “But this is a competition where you skip grades. Isn’t that common in novels? Like fighting across grades and stuff… Now the time is ripe, Amber! Go and take care of the Great Shock! And the other racehorse girls!”

"Huh? Me?" Fei Tu Hu Po blinked and pointed at herself. "Aren't you overestimating me? Besides, it's not just Da Zhen Huan, one of the top-tier racehorse girls, that's participating. Tou Tou, do you know that what you're saying now, to my ears... is no longer about 'going to kill Tang Sanzang and his disciples'?"

Now, Qin Chuitong's words, in his own interpretation... mean something like, "Go and kill Laozi, Bodhi Patriarch, and Erlang Shen."

Hitoko Amber pursed her lips. Although she found the matter troublesome, she was not in a hurry to deny Kotobuki Toru's words: "I feel that... this goal is much more difficult than last year's 'triple crown goal'."

His previous attempts at running the Triple Crown were somewhat predictable, following in the footsteps of his predecessors with a few innovations. But to run the Arc de Triomphe the following year was truly unconventional...

Kotobuki Toru remained optimistic, gently holding Hitoko Amber's small hand, his palm slightly tightening as he conveyed his 200% trust to her. "The Arc de Triomphe Prize is our ultimate goal, and I believe you can do it. Even if we fail this time, we'll have another chance next year... No matter what, I'll be with you!"

"Hmph." Fei Tu Hu Po crossed her arms, looking like she had a high IQ: "You weren't even waiting for me at the finish line when I crossed it... I was even thinking of celebrating by knocking you over on the field."

Kotobuki Toru was also helpless: "If I could get in... If the trainers could enter the arena, then there would be no need for an electronic finish line. We could just have the trainers form a human wall as the finish line. Besides, even though I didn't enter the inner field, didn't I wait for you in the lounge right away?"

"Hmph..." Hitotsu Amber tilted her head and moved closer to Kotobuki Toru, biting his neck without any hesitation. First, she bit him until he grimaced, but before he could cry out in pain, Hitotsu Amber stuck out her soft, sweet tongue to soothe his pain: "Today is my stage for winning the triple crown. If I don't see you standing at the very front when the performance officially starts, you're dead tonight!"

"Forehead……"

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New York has always been a city that never sleeps, and since the Belmont Championship was held at dusk, it was already 9 p.m. when the winners' stage officially began.

You can't see the stars at night in New York; the entire night is shrouded in the city's colorful neon lights.

Accompanied by rock-and-roll-style warnings from the on-site security personnel—such as "No strange leaves allowed," "No truth transmitters allowed," and "Especially no climbing over the stage to fight the horse racer"—the audience who had purchased tickets for today's winner's stage entered in a grand procession.

On the stage, which was temporarily covered by a curtain, the sounds of metal and glass clashing and the distinctive American accent could be heard from time to time.

Hitotsu Amber stood behind the curtain, holding a tasteless chicken sandwich in her hand, eating it in small bites while watching the staff bustling around on set in a rather unkind way.

At this moment, Zhengyi had changed into a stage outfit for backup dancers. He pretended to casually glance at the sandwich in Hito Amber's hand and swallowed, then turned his gaze to his phone and said seemingly casually, "I've been paying a little attention to the situation in the UK. If nothing unexpected happens, Osaka Star will become a double crown horse girl."

Hitotsu Kohaku broke the sandwich Kotobuki Toru had just bought for her in two, handing the untouched half to Masayoshi: "Eh, according to this logic, I'm practically a triple crown horse girl magnet! I can just grab any horse girl around me and she'll become a double crown horse girl..."

Currently, Justice is a two-crown racehorse girl, Ocean Star is a two-crown racehorse girl, and Lady is also a two-crown racehorse girl. Two-crown racehorse girls are extremely rare, but now so many of them have gathered around me.

Realizing this, Hibiki Amber immediately became smug, her face beaming with pride: "Hey, according to you, Seiji, I'm practically a lucky charm for racehorse girls! You guys, staying by my side, have all turned into double-crowned racehorse girls..."

Justice snorted, his face full of displeasure: "So we should thank you?"

Surprisingly, Amber was quite modest: "It's not that bad, I'm not the kind of horse girl who's greedy for credit..."

Justice looked at Hitotsu Amber, swallowing back the words he had prepared to retort to her.

If you look at it from another angle, Justice should have been a Triple Crown horse girl! But because she was by Hitokohaku's side, she was betrayed by Hitokohaku, so she is only a Two Crown horse girl now!

If you think about it that way, you could actually call Hitotsu Kohaku an assassin racer who betrays others!

If things continue as they are, with Hitoko Amber always surrounded by double-crowned racehorses, then Seigi always feels that Lady and Umi-Tokyo Star are in danger.

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Chapter 421 Confessing in the Most Flamboyant Way! (Two Chapters Combined)

After briefly imagining a future where the noblewoman and the Star of the Sea City might be assassinated, Justice's gaze towards the beautiful assassin girl, Hitotsu Amber, became clear.

However, the person in question clearly has not yet accepted this dark title. After glancing at the California Sunshine Calendar on the wall, Hitotsu Amber took out her phone.

He boasted enthusiastically to Haidu Star about his achievement of winning the Beimen Championship and securing his third title that day, and then sarcastically asked, "How many championships do you have?"

When she saw that Haidu Star had blocked her for a week, Fei Tu Hu Po smiled with relief. No matter how effective the method was, Haidu Star must have been motivated again!

After adding the final question, "Are you still coming to Japan to eat?", she finally opened her dusty social media account.

The numbers ticked down at 21:30 PM US time, as Tokyo was in the midst of the morning rush hour.

Those who started spreading the word yesterday, saying, "Don't sleep too soundly tonight, the big one is coming," are still awake. Meanwhile, those superstitious fans who believe that the games they watch will be lost and the games they don't watch will be won woke up this morning to learn of their victory.

With two groups of people online at the same time, the entire social media platform was in a state of high activity, and messages were loading a few seconds slower than usual.

Among them, the two trending topics in the finance sector stood out particularly.

Following Venus' announcement that Amber Henri, a long-time brand ambassador for Venus, will be a key figure in its brand image this year, Venus' stock price surged.

[The parent company of Venus Corporation, the Kotobuki Group, just made a large-scale stock acquisition, suggesting that capital is entering the market... It feels like something big is about to happen.]

Underneath the two discussion topics about stocks and companies, there is a large amount of related discussion content from fans:

[It's rumored that Hirukohaku's trainer is actually the illegitimate son of the Kotobuki Group's owner, since they share the same surname. Is this information reliable?]

[My surname is Kotobuki in Japan and Ma in China, so roughly speaking, I'm from a wealthy family... You can't count it like that! But I feel like more and more people are saying that lately, but would any rich kid really give up a life of luxury to work hard at Courtenay?]

[Forget about family background. Just say that if you actually get into Central Teresa, I'll give you a racehorse girl like Hibari Amber. Would you take the exam?]

[Really? Bro? Then I'm going to apply to Central Teresa!]

Seeing everyone's discussion, even Hitotsu Amber, who didn't know much about finance and wealth management, sensed an impending storm. Kotobuki Toru had been acting rather mysteriously these past few days, frequently calling from the middle of the night in the US or the afternoon in Japan, suggesting things like going long and preparing to add to her position...

If I had to guess an answer, I think Kotobuki Toru probably had the Kotobuki Group members buy up the stock first. If he won, it would be a big deal, and then he would officially announce Kotobuki Toru's identity. This would cause the Kotobuki Group's stock price to rise accordingly...

This was already documented in the US president's announcement of tariff increases, followed by buying low and selling high.

Fei Tu Hu Po turned off her phone screen and breathed a slight sigh of relief. In any case, she had managed to accomplish a great victory without failing her mission.

And right now, there might be a big one!

As she thought this, Hitotsu Amber looked back at the curtain.

The audience had mostly entered, and even through the curtain, Hitotsu Amber could hear the loud chatter of the nearby audience, with the voices of the noblewomen being particularly clear. Hitotsu Amber would recognize such voices even if they were reduced to ashes…

The noblewoman: "Heh, I thought the American racehorse girl that made Hitoko Amber use her second skill was something special. They were always talking about physical strength and how all the racehorses were raised on beef... but this is what it is? So weak, like a tickle. My mother is stronger than them."

Following the noblewoman's disdainful voice, Kotobuki's voice, intertwined with the shouts of the crowd, reached Hitoko Amber's ears.

"Thanks, Donna. If it weren't for your help, I really wouldn't have been able to squeeze in... But at least I'm in front of the stage now. It's the first time I've been this close."

After finishing speaking, Kotobuki tapped the stage floor a few times, as if giving a secret signal.

The lady remained speechless, saying, "This stage isn't anything special. Is it really necessary to come all the way to the front row to see the fat rabbit's feet? Given the relationship between the two of you, you can let Fei Tu Hu Po sing the songs she sings on stage when you get back. And those sweet, seductive songs that she can't sing in public, she can sing them for you in private."

"Well, this is different. This is Amber's third crown stage, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Donna, you have to understand."

"Oh well, whatever. Anyway, the fact that you two are so close is a good thing for me."

Hearing the familiar venomous tongue and the voice of Hitotsu Amber, Hitotsu Amber felt much more at ease.

Next up is the winners' stage!

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As the American audience began to measure the length of their wait with boos, the velvet curtain finally fell slowly like morning dew. The lights used for the audience's entry were turned off, and on the main stage, soft and even lighting fell from the top of the stage, quietly illuminating the crimson figure. Amber, wearing light makeup, stood in the center of the stage, her butterfly-shaped shoulder blades trembling gently under the lights, like a butterfly about to emerge from its cocoon.

After taking a deep breath, Fei Tu Hu Po puffed out her proud and natural chest, raised the corners of her lips, and presented her sweetest dimples to the vast audience.

The applause in the audience surged like a tidal wave, and as the live broadcast camera switched, you could see excited smiles on everyone's faces.

Just like a song describing an idol, Hito Amber's charming smile is enough to destroy all the media, making her a genius idol!

"Hello, I'm Ruby! Tonight, we're playing some songs we've never performed live before..."

After the applause subsided, sporadic chuckles and whispers could be heard from the audience:

Hitoko's Japanese-accented speech, coupled with her halting English pronunciation, created a lot of negative effects, even making some viewers who had never seen Hitoko's stage performance before start to have doubts.

Can this child really sing and dance on stage?

Hitotsu Amber understood this as well, and didn't say anything more. She glanced at the blond-haired, blue-eyed audience in the distance, then at Kotobuki Toru who was right next to her, and waved to Houten.

“‘Boku wa…’” Hitoko Amber softly uttered the song title, followed by her clear and melodious voice.

You made it possible for me to witness this.

This world is so beautiful!

The lyrics scrolled on the LED screen behind Hitoko Amber, followed by a captivating opening performance and then a rapid drumbeat.

In the performance area, the drummer waved his arms, smashing sweat and drumbeats onto the drumhead, followed by powerful guitar chords. The keyboard notes of the electric guitar interspersed between Hitoko Amber's words, creating an atmosphere of perfect harmony throughout the stage.

Hitoko Amber danced rhythmically in the center of the stage, her breathing and singing were stable, and what was even more commendable was that she completely poured her emotions into her performance.

Hitoko Amber sang songs with lyrics entirely in Japanese. Even in a foreign land where she didn't speak the language, she was able to sing the songs she was best at, which was a privilege of the winner.

Even though most of the audience members couldn't understand Japanese, their eyes lit up when they heard Hitoko's singing voice...

Because you can't understand the lyrics, you don't need to worry about the quality of the music or lyrics right away. You can focus on immersing yourself in the melody of the song. Fei Tu Hu Po's emotions and her charming and delicate voice become the best instruments in the song.

This is one of the reasons why most people feel that songs they don't understand are more pleasant to listen to.

A beautiful flower blooming between the cracks in the bookshelf is something unattainable for me; the seed of my true heart, buried deep within, withered before it could bask in the sunlight.

[Comparing yourself to others will lead to feelings of inferiority.]

Within just a few lines of lyrics, a significant portion of the audience had already begun to sway.

Qin Furuto rested his hands on the edge of the stage, feeling the vibrations caused by Hitoko Amber singing and dancing on stage.

Super Little Creek, who had finally managed to squeeze in, stood next to Kotobuki Toru and chuckled strangely, "Hito Kohaku is really something, actually using 'boku' to refer to herself when singing 'boku wa', such a charming little girl... how strange."

In Japanese, "boku" is usually a self-reference used by young, impetuous men, so it's strange to hear it coming from Hitokohaku's mouth.

"Yes...that's strange."

Kotobuki Toru, however, smiled without saying a word, keeping the secret belonging only to Hitoko Amber hidden deep within his heart.

When she won the G1-level Satsuki Award for the first time, Hitokohaku chose "Horse Jumping Legend" as a traditional choice. When she won the G1-level Japanese Derby for the second time, Hitokohaku was absent-minded and randomly picked a song that was commonly seen on stage.