BanUma Description and Chapter 1-25 (Patreon)

[被禁赛后，我成为了赛马娘训练员] 

[After Being Banned, Now I'm an Umamusume Trainer.] 

Sakura Baimu, who had been suspended for veering off course in the Spring Tenno Sho, became a trainer at Tracen Academy instead.

After nurturing the triple crown winner Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, who achieved three consecutive victories in the Spring Tenno Sho, Tracen Academy welcomed a new batch of Umamusumes.

On the day of the entrance ceremony, Sakura Baimu arrived at Chairman Akikawa's office, where she met the waiting Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond, both eager to join the team.

"Great job! This time, who do you want to choose as your next triple crown Umamusume to nurture?" Chairman Akikawa asked with a smile.

Just as Sakura Baimu was about to give her answer, she suddenly noticed a system interface appearing above Chairman Akikawa’s head.

[Akikawa Minoru: Training Difficulty (C)]

Sakura Baimu gave a light smile and pointed her finger toward the older girl with orange long hair sitting behind the office desk.

"Wh-what?! You’re choosing me?!"

"Th-this is absolutely not allowed!"

"Think it over properly!!!"

Tags:

Umamusume, Yuri, Slice of Life, Drama, Transmigation, Sports.

Chapter Content: 1700+.

Status: Complete but in Limbo

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Chapter 1: Chairman Akikawa is also an Umamusume?!

In the spring of April, sakura blossoms fell from the sky under the caress of a gentle breeze, forming a pink wave.

In this intoxicating warmth, two girls in dark blue uniforms ran quickly forward, stepping on the pink flowers covering the ground.

The high, erect ears on their heads and the tails swaying gently behind them revealed the identities of the two girls—

Umamusume.

Amidst their well-proportioned breathing, the girl with an eye-catching brown princess braid complained softly to the black-haired girl running in front of her.

"As I said before, when it's the night before an important day, you should go to bed early!"

"Because I was so nervous last night that I couldn't sleep at all!"

As soon as the black-haired girl finished speaking, the two of them had already run to the gate of Tracen Academy.

They stood at the entrance of the school, looking at the building with the silver hoof logo in the distance. Their two delicate faces were filled with youth, showing an expression of excitement.


"The day has finally come, Dia-chan."

Kitasan Black, who had shoulder-length black hair and a streak of white highlights on her forehead, spoke to her friend beside her.

"Well, let's work together, Kita-chan." Satono Diamond nodded gently.

"Like Teiō."

"Like McQueen."

The two of them said this almost in unison, and then ran side by side towards the campus.

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Today was the entrance ceremony for Tracen Academy, the most advanced Umamusume training institution in Japan.

Starting today, Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond would study and train here as members of Tracen Academy.

After listening to the opening speech of Rudolf Symboli, the president of Tracen Academy—the first undefeated legendary triple crown winner in Japanese history, an Umamusume known as the "Emperor"—Satono Diamond also gave a speech to all the admitted freshmen as the freshman representative.

When the opening ceremony was over, the two went out to look for their idols, Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen.

"We don't know where Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen are."

The person who wore a long red and blue headband on her head, Tamamo Cross responded to their inquiries with a confused look on her face.

Kitasan Black's face was full of regret after hearing Tamamo Cross's words. She put her face close to Satono Diamond's ear and covered her mouth with her hands.

"Dia-chan, if you want to ask, you should ask a senpai Umamusume. She looks younger than us."

"Hey! I've heard what you said! I'm your senior! I'm just short!" Tamamo Cross also corrected loudly with a Kansai accent.

"Ah, I'm sorry. Do you know where their Trainer is?" Kitasan Black looked a little embarrassed and asked softly.

"Ah? You're actually looking for her? Why?"

Tamamo Cross had a strange expression on her face after hearing Kitasan Black's words. She looked around, leaned forward slightly, and lowered her voice.

"Let me tell you, that person is quite strange. You'd better not get close to her. You'll know after you stay here for a while."

"It's okay, senior. You just need to tell us where Sakura-san is. We are going to join Teiō and McQueen's team."

"I see... she should be being interviewed now. If you want to find her, you can go to the chairman's office and wait for her."

"Director... Chairman? Why did she go to the chairman's office?" Satono Diamond sounded a little surprised when she heard Tamamo Cross's words.

"We don't know why. She seems to have a pretty good relationship with the chairman. She will probably report to the chairman after the interview. Otherwise, you two might not be able to find her."

Tamamo Cross had a fake smile on her face. She gently scratched her cheek with her fingers and said to the two of them awkwardly.

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In the lecture hall where the opening ceremony had just been held, a group of reporters were holding microphones and cameras, aiming at the tall, young-looking trainer with long black hair on the stage, constantly asking various questions.

"Ms. Sakura, could you please share your experience of training the Triple Crown Umamusume Tokai Teio for the first time as a trainer?"

"Talent, hard work, and luck are all indispensable for the Triple Crown. This is all due to Teiō's efforts." Trainer Sakura Baimu on the stage answered softly with a smile on her face.

"Ms. Sakura, what kind of efforts have you made towards Miss Mejiro McQueen, who is Japan's first consecutive Tenno Sho champion, three consecutive Tenno Sho (Spring) champion, and last year's Tenno Sho Spring and Autumn champion?"

"She was able to quickly adapt to the Medium-distance events of the Autumn Tenno Sho after winning the Long-distance event she is good at. This is inseparable from her arduous efforts. I personally played a minimal role."

"You are too humble." The reporter smiled.

"Miss Mejiro McQueen won the Arima Kinen at the end of the year immediately after the Autumn Tenno Sho. Many fans call her the 'strongest Long-distance Umamusume'. Miss Sakura, what do you think of this title?"

"McQueen is indeed dominant in Long-distance competitions, but she is far from the strongest. At most, she is considered to be relatively strong in the same period."

"Also, you have also won the title of the youngest genius trainer. No trainers can achieve such results—not even newcomers, let alone veteran trainers. What do you think of this?"

"I had better luck. I just joined Tracen Academy and met the two genius Umamusume, Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen."

"Ms. Sakura, and..."

...

On the stage, Sakura Baimu, the "youngest genius trainer" in the reporters' mouths, calmly responded to countless reporters' questions.

Although she answered every reporter's question, she actually didn't reveal any substantive information to them.

Sakura Baimu’s answers to the reporters can be summed up in one sentence:

"They are all genius Umamusume and have nothing to do with me."

Half an hour later, the reporters finally gave up their attack on the trainer, who could only answer questions with a quiet smile and a few recycled words.

Sakura Baimu watched the group of regretful reporters leave with a smile. She turned around and looked at the campus full of sakura trees. She saw many young faces she had never seen before and whispered to herself

"Here comes a new round of Umamusume... Speaking of which, the two little fans of Teiō and McQueen will also join my team, right? I wonder how easy it is to train these two?"

She muttered to herself and walked quickly towards Chairman Akikawa's office.

Sakura Baimu's appearance naturally attracted the attention of many Umamusume in the academy.



When they noticed Sakura Baimu walking by quickly, some of the senior Umamusume who were touring with the juniors who had just entered school paused and stretched out their hands to protect the juniors behind them with vigilant eyes.


It was as if this trainer, who didn't look much older than them, would abduct their juniors at any time.

But today, Sakura Baimu obviously had no intention of teasing them.

She saw her slightly raised the corners of her mouth, staring intently into the air ahead.

Many Umamusume followed Sakura Baimu's line of sight but did not see anything there.

What appeared before Sakura Baimu's eyes was a translucent interface that could not be seen by anyone but herself.

The words "Mission Completed" and "System Level Improved" appeared on the interface.

"The reporter's interview just now finally gave me the last bit of experience. After three years, the system has finally been upgraded..."

Sakura Baimu was overjoyed and walked to Chairman Akikawa's office in the blink of an eye.

"Speaking of which, after the system upgrade this time, I can check the basic information of the Umamusume without physical contact. It's pretty good."

After knocking gently and getting a response from inside, Sakura Baimu pushed open the door of Chairman Akikawa's office.

There were a lot of people in Chairman Akikawa's office today—to be precise, there were two more cute Umamusume.

The moment Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond appeared in her field of vision, a translucent system interface floated above their heads.

[Kitasan Black: Ease of Training (B+)]

[Satono Diamond: Ease of Training (A)]

The higher the ease of training level, the easier it is to cultivate this Umamusume.

But accordingly, the points gained from training them will also be reduced.

The appearance of these two little ones was expected by Sakura Baimu. She had already met these two little fans when she was training Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen.

Whenever there was a competition involving Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, these two little Umamusume could always be seen.

Sakura Baimu's eyes moved slowly, and when they settled on the "older girl" with orange hair and white highlights sitting behind the desk, she suddenly froze.

Because she discovered that the same translucent system interface appeared above the forehead of Chairman Akikawa, whom she had known for a long time and was very close to.

[Akikawa Yayoi: Training Difficulty (C)]


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Chapter 2: I Hope You Become Stronger


Sakura Baimu was stunned for two seconds and suddenly realized what this meant.

That is, Chairman Akikawa of Tracen Academy was also an Umamusume!

She and Akikawa Yayoi had known each other for more than four years.

When Sakura Baimu was at her most depressed, she had even stayed at Akikawa Yayoi's house for a while.

But she had never thought that Akikawa Yayoi would also be an Umamusume!

Just as Sakura Baimu was dazed, Akikawa Yayoi, the chairman of Tracen Academy, jumped off the tall office chair and greeted Sakura Baimu with a smile on her face.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

Akikawa Yayoi made a high-pitched voice that did not match her petite body.

She walked up to Sakura Baimu, who was more than two heads taller than her. She flipped her wrist slightly, and the fan in her hand was flicked open, revealing the black font with "見事ッ! (Well done!)" written on it.

"Well done, Sakura. I'm very pleased that you achieved such impressive results."

Sakura Baimu was pulled out of her thoughts by Akikawa Yayoi's voice.

She stared at the cute chairman with orange hip-length hair and white highlighted bangs falling vertically on her chest in front of her with a complicated expression, and nodded slightly.

After receiving the system's prompt, Sakura Baimu did detect some details from Akikawa Yayoi that she had never noticed before.

The legal loli in front of her had the same highlighted hairstyle as other Umamusume, and she often wore a wide-brimmed lady's hat with a blue rose on her head. She wore a large white dress with a blue coat, looking very cute.

Sakura Baimu's eyes slowly moved to the top of Akikawa Yayoi's head.


There was often a cute black and white kitten lying on top of the white wide-brimmed lady's hat.

Although Sakura Baimu had never seen Akikawa Yayoi show obvious Umamusume features, she had indeed never seen Chairman Akikawa's ears—whether hidden in her orange hair or under her hat.

Under the loose dress, only half of her smooth calves and small ankles were visible. If her tail was hidden inside, there seemed to be no problem.

Sakura Baimu then realized that she might have been stunned for too long. She quickly came back to her senses and smiled at Akikawa Yayoi in front of her.

"I have fulfilled my task, Chairman."

Akikawa Yayoi nodded with satisfaction after hearing Sakura Baimu's belated response, and her face did not show the slightest dissatisfaction because of Sakura Baimu's hesitation.

She closed the fan and stood on tiptoes. Sakura Baimu also hurriedly leaned down and was patted heavily on the shoulder, the girl's face showing an expression of extreme relief.

"Keep up the good work!"

After patting her, Akikawa Yayoi walked back to her desk and sat down.

"These two are the new children who entered school today. They want to join TCB."

Sakura Baimu looked over at the two new Umamusume who had seemed a little nervous since they entered the room.

Of course Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond knew Sakura Baimu.

Not just because Sakura Baimu was the trainer of their idols, Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen.

The two of them had heard the title of "Genius Trainer" who had become famous recently on TV countless times.

Kitasan Black, who was always full of energy, lively, and outspoken, and Satono Diamond, who acted like a lady, were a little nervous after meeting the so-called "genius trainer" Sakura Baimu at such a close distance, and they didn't know how to speak.


They were worried whether Sakura Baimu, who had trained Tokai Teio, a triple crown winner, and Mejiro McQueen, a three-time consecutive Tenno Sho (Spring) champion, would reject their request to join the team.

Although both of their admission scores were not bad—Satono Diamond had even delivered a speech as the freshman representative.

While waiting for Sakura Baimu to finish the interview, both of them had also learned from Chairman Akikawa that Sakura Baimu was a trainer with a very good personality and there was no need to worry at all.

But when it came time for the two of them to speak, they were both too nervous to speak.

"If you don't express your thoughts frankly, you won't be able to convey your meaning to others well."

A soft and pleasant voice sounded in the ears of the two of them.


Sakura Baimu had a faint smile on her delicate face, and her sapphire-like eyes were looking at the two of them quietly.

After Sakura Baimu's reminder, the tension in the hearts of the two little ones was reduced by most.

Kitasan Black was the first to raise her head and muster the courage to speak.

"My name is Kitasan Black."

As soon as she finished speaking, Satono Diamond also spoke up.

"My name is Satono Diamond."

After that, like programmed robots, the two of them bowed to Sakura Baimu and said in unison

"Please let me join your team!"

The voices of the two people were much louder than when they introduced themselves just now, and they sounded extremely clear in Yayoi Akikawa's empty office.

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond maintained a bowing motion, their bodies parallel to the ground.

Both of them closed their eyes, as if waiting for exam results, and did not get up for a long time.

Just when tension gradually gathered in the two people's minds again, they heard that sweet voice again.

"My team's training is very hard~"

This sentence was equivalent to Sakura Baimu indirectly agreeing to their request to join the team.

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond both raised their heads excitedly, but still did not dare to look directly into Sakura Baimu's eyes, shaking their heads like rattles.

"It's okay, we will train hard!"

"Trainer-san, we will definitely complete the training seriously!"

Sakura Baimu looked at the two nervous newcomer Umamusume and felt a little amused.

A few years ago, she had been the one asking Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen to join her team.

Now, a few years later, these two Umamusume, who had achieved excellent results, were so nervous they didn't dare to look at her because they wanted to join her team.

Sakura Baimu chuckled and walked slowly in front of Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond. She raised her palms and gently tapped the shoulders of the two Umamusume, completing her simple joining ceremony.

"Well, I welcome you two to join TCB. Can you tell me your goals?"

"I want to be like Miss Teiō... a Triple Crown Umamusume."

"I want to be as good and powerful as Miss McQueen."

"That's not enough."

Sakura Baimu refused, and then laughed softly into the ears of the two Umamusume who suddenly became stiff because of her words.

"I want you to become stronger."

As soon as her voice fell, Kitasan Black's heart palpitated, and Satono Diamond's whole body trembled as if she had been electrocuted.

The two suddenly looked up, with extremely surprised expressions, and looked directly into Sakura Baimu's eyes for the first time.




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Chapter 3 Promise

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond had sparkling eyes.


They stared at Sakura Baimu's smiling, confident, and persuasive face with their small mouths slightly open and their pretty faces slightly red.

Sakura Baimu's words, "That's not enough," just now were like a bolt from the blue, directly driving the two of them from the joy of successfully joining the team into the abyss.

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond are fans of Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, respectively. The two of them have watched almost every match between Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, either in person or on TV.

Therefore, the two newcomer Umamusume who have not yet debuted naturally understand the huge gap between themselves and their idols.

After hearing Sakura Baimu's categorical negative words, both of them were shocked.

They thought their talent was rejected by this talented trainer.

However, the result does not seem to be the case.

“If you keep following the path that others have taken, you will lose your own footprints.”

Sakura Baimu said to Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond.

“It’s good to have goals to strive for, and you can look to Teio and McQueen as your role models. But I still hope that you can go your own way and surpass them.”

Sakura Baimu's words were not empty encouragement; she had also decided in her heart.

In the eyes of outsiders, she has simultaneously trained Tokai Teio, a Triple Crown champion, and Mejiro McQueen, known as the strongest Long-distance Umamusume, which is already considered an incredible achievement.

But Sakura Baimu was not satisfied with her results.

She is a transmigrator, strictly speaking, a reborn person.

From Earth in her previous life, she was reborn into this world.

She experienced the process of birth and growth for the second time.

In the anime, Tokai Teio missed the Triple Crown due to a fracture. In the end, even her second undefeated goal ended in failure.

Mejiro McQueen is also not much better than Tokai Teio. After what happened in Tenno Sho (Spring), causing her to fail to achieve the goal of three consecutive championships, her left leg even suffered from degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis, which is a terminal disease for Umamusume.

So when Sakura Baimu found herself reborn in the Umamusume world, she decided to undo these regrets.

With the blessing of the system and the memory of the "Umamusume" anime from her previous life, she successfully made up for her past regrets of Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen.


Although Sakura Baimu managed to avoid Tokai Teio's fracture in the Japan Derby of the Classic Triple Crown, allowing her to participate in and win the Kikuka Sho in October of that year, taking the title of Triple Crown Umamusume.. 

But.. 

Tokai Teio successfully winning the Triple Crown means there is no second jet.


In order for Tokai Teio to come back, she tried her best to compete in the all-comer event where strong players gathered, leading from the beginning to the last passionate stage.

As for Mejiro McQueen, Sakura Baimu was already prepared against the possibility of degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis in her future at a very early stage.

So far, Mejiro McQueen and Tokai Teio have never had any problems with their legs, except for the fact that they both suffered fractures at the Arima Kinen race at the end of last year.

Of course, this means that the event of Mejiro McQueen giving up on her dream, and Tokai Teio's comeback after a year and breaking through at the Arima Memorial and created an impossible miracle also disappeared.

Although this time, Tokai Teio successfully won the Triple Crown and fulfilled her original dream, Sakura Baimu believes that there is still a big gap in strength between Tokai Teio here and Tokai Teio in that parallel world.

Tokai Teio in this life did not surpass herself, which means that she did not enter the "Zone."

Sakura Baimu deeply regrets this, but she couldn't be indifferent to Tokai Teio's three fractures and Mejiro McQueen's left leg injury.


The system shows that her training completion rate for Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen has not exceeded 90%.

Sakura Baimu felt that this was probably because the two of them in this life did not have the twists and turns from the show, causing their strength to reach a bottleneck.

But it’s not a big problem. She is still the trainer of Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen. Their Umamusume careers are far from over.


She still has enough time to let Teio and McQueen become the "Emperor" and the Umamusume on the "Monster" side to complete her own regrets.

Regarding the two new Umamusume in front of her, Sakura Baimu has already made a decision in her mind: to train them with a higher goal.

If the two of them just aim to become Teio and McQueen, it will be difficult to achieve higher achievements.

Just after Sakura Baimu put her hands on the shoulders of the two Umamusume and gave this encouragement, the two young Umamusume were also touched in their hearts. They were also looking at this trainer who was very different from the image described by Tamamo Cross just now.

"Look carefully, Miss Sakura is really beautiful! Those eyes are like sapphires..." Satono Diamond thought in her heart.

"As expected of Trainer-san, who was able to help Teio win the Triple Crown. Not only is she powerful, but she also has a really good personality and is so beautiful..." Kitasan Black was throbbing again.

"I'm so moved!"

Akikawa Yayoi, who was sitting on the office chair and looking at this side, flicked her fan again and shouted at the three of them.

She looked at Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond, who turned away because of her loud voice, and then smiled.

"Sakura is right. If you want to be a good Umamusume, you can't follow other people's paths."

"But I'm a little curious..."

Akikawa Yayoi turned her attention to Sakura Baimu.

"What results do you want them to achieve this time? It is indeed a good thing to have an ambitious goal, but if it is too far away, it may reduce their motivation."

"Then let's set a small goal for them first."

Sakura Baimu slowly took her hands away from their two small shoulders, raised three fingers, and held them up in front of Akikawa Yayoi.

"Start by making both of them Triple Crown Umamusume!"

"Eh?!"

Listening to Sakura Baimu's words, Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond both yelled.

"Starting with three...three crowns? Trainer-san, isn't this too..."

Kitasan Black was so shocked that her voice stuttered.

It was at this moment that they finally began to understand the rather strange words of Tamamo Cross about Trainer-san.

"No...that's not right. How can two people win the Triple Crown? This kind of competition can only be participated in once in a lifetime... Kita-chan and I are in the same class. As long as one person wins the Triple Crown, the other one will definitely..."

Satono Diamond was also extremely surprised. She widened her golden eyes and looked at Sakura Baimu with disbelief.

"You...did you say that?"

Akikawa Yayoi was obviously also startled by Sakura Baimu's bold tone, and her voice was a little hesitant.

"That's right."

Sakura Baimu raised the corners of her mouth and placed her palms on the shoulders of Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond again.

"The Classic Triple Crown and Triple Tiara are held at the same time. Two of them, one for each."






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Chapter 4: I Want to Become Chairman Akikawa’s Trainer

"That's not a small statement. You actually want to breed two Triple Crown Umamusume. Do you already want to surpass Miss Tojo?"

Akikawa Yayoi gently flapped her fan in front of her face, showing an interested expression.

The Miss Tojo she calls, whose full name is Tojo Hana, is Rigil's trainer.

Tojo Hana is currently the best trainer in Tracen Academy, and her team, Rigil, is also the strongest overall team in Tracen Academy.

Seven-time "Emperor" Rudolf Symboli, three-time champion Narita Brian, "Empress" Air Groove, and the undefeated "Hotrod" Maruzensky are all members of Rigil.

"Maybe the two of them can win more than one Triple Crown. After all, this is just a 'small goal' at the moment."

Sakura Baimu looked at Akikawa Yayoi and smiled softly.

After all, in addition to the Classic Triple Crown and Triple Tiara, there are also the Spring Triple Crown and the Autumn Triple Crown.

Strictly speaking, an Umamusume can actually win the Triple Crown up to three times.

"What should you do if I can't do it?"

Akikawa Yayoi stopped fanning, and the fan covered most of her face, revealing only a pair of slightly narrowed dark blue eyes.

"Be at my disposal."

Sakura Baimu chuckled, her tone very confident.

"But what if I did it?"

"Same. You can put forward any condition, as long as I can fulfill it, I will agree to it."

"Okay, Yayoi, don't regret it."

"Call me Chairman outside!"

Hearing Sakura Baimu use her first name, Akikawa Yayoi corrected her with a smile, and then added:

"Speak now if you have any wishes. I don't want you to change your mind at the last moment and cause any trouble for me to help you deal with the aftermath."

"Same goes for you, Chairman."

Sakura Baimu walked to the desk, took a small page of white paper from it, and wrote a simple sentence:

"I want to become Chairman Akikawa's trainer."

Sakura Baimu had decided on this idea as soon as she entered the room and learned through the system that Akikawa Yayoi was also an Umamusume.

Akikawa Yayoi's training is very difficult, but this means that if you help her achieve her goal and win, you will receive reward points far beyond those of other Umamusume.

Since Akikawa Yayoi proposed this condition, she, Sakura Baimu, was not polite.

After writing, Sakura Baimu folded it and placed it in front of Akikawa Yayoi.

"It's written."

"Mine is also written."

As Akikawa Yayoi said this, she took out two envelopes from the drawer and handed one of them to Sakura Baimu.

"Leave your envelope here with me. Seal it with sealing wax and then take it out when the bet is fulfilled."

"What about the Chairman's?"

"I leave mine to you, but don't peek at it."

As Akikawa Yayoi spoke, she took out small pieces of sealing wax and candles from the drawer, heated them to melt, then covered the two envelopes.

She chose orange wax for herself and blue wax for Sakura Baimu.

Sakura Baimu put the envelope into her pocket with a smile, then looked back at the two little Umamusume who were a little dumbfounded and gently placed her palms on their heads.

"By the way, Teio and McQueen have an appointment to duel at the school track today. You two go and watch it. After watching, Teio and McQueen will take you two to familiarize yourselves with the environment."

"Ah, really?! Teio and McQueen are dueling again!"

"Okay, thank you, Trainer-san. Let's go then."

After hearing Sakura Baimu's words, Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond's eyes lit up.

The two of them excitedly bowed deeply to Sakura Baimu and Akikawa Yayoi and then hurriedly left the chairman's office.

Akikawa Yayoi sat on the office chair, holding her delicate and beautiful face with her small porcelain hands. Her dark blue eyes stared at Sakura Baimu, who was watching Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond leave, with a little playfulness, and whispered softly.

"So cute~"

Sakura Baimu turned her head when she heard this, smiled, and nodded.

"I think so too!"

"Hmph." Akikawa Yayoi smiled softly. "Aren't you going to watch the match between Teio and McQueen?"

"Forget it. Compared to seeing the two of them win, I don't want to see one of them lose." Sakura Baimu replied with a smile.

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Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond could not hide their excitement as they left the chairman's office.

After learning that Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen would compete, they both couldn't wait to run towards the Tracen Academy track.

However, the two of them kept in mind the school rule that they were not allowed to run fast in the building, so they ran very cautiously.

"Dia-chan, now I begin to understand a little bit what the senior said. Our Trainer-san seems to be a little strange."

Kitasan Black said as she jogged beside Satono Diamond.

"It's true... I just thought she would say something about letting us shine in our debut game, but I didn't expect that it would be aiming for the Triple Crown right away..."

Satono Diamond mentioned the matter again, her voice still unable to conceal her surprise.

"But, she seems to really think so... I don't think she is joking."

"If you put say this on Trainer-san, it doesn't seem to be a strange thing." Satono Diamond sighed.

"But do you think we can accomplish her goal? Trainer-san seems very confident." Kitasan Black asked Satono Diamond. "Speaking of which, when I heard Trainer-san say that, I was quite happy. After all, I also want to win a Triple Crown like Miss Teio..."

"Kita-chan's words definitely make sense." Satono Diamond smiled, but then her expression turned slightly gloomy. "But the Chairman doesn't seem to think so."

"Although our Trainer-san is also very powerful, there is still a big gap between her and Chairman Akikawa."

Satono Diamond continued.

"Chairman Akikawa is not only the chairman of Tracen Academy but also founded URA, a national competition in Japan today. Since Chairman Akikawa dares to agree to Trainer-san's bet on such unequal terms, it means that she doesn't think she will lose at all, right?"

"Dia-chan, I don't think so." Kitasan Black shook her head.

"Huh?"

"What you just said ignored the relationship between our Trainer-san and the Chairman. You have also seen that our Trainer-san can call the Chairman by her first name, which shows that the two of them have a very close relationship."

"That makes sense..."

Satono Diamond recalled the scene where Sakura Baimu leaned down and asked Akikawa Yayoi to stand on tiptoes and patted her shoulders heavily to encourage her.

"In that case, I think it might be more like..."

When Kitasan Black said this, she looked around, and after confirming that no one was around, she lowered her voice and whispered.

"It's more like a mother encouraging a motivated child."

"As expected of you, Kita-chan."

Satono Diamond's face was full of surprise. She felt more and more that what Kitasan Black said was true.


However, after recalling the appearance of Sakura Baimu and Akikawa Yayoi again, she spoke slowly with brows furrowed.

"But why do I feel that Trainer-san looks more like a mother?"




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Chapter 5: Tokai Teio vs Mejiro McQueen

While Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond were talking, they had already arrived outside at the training track for the Umamusumes.

The two people who originally thought that there would be no one around today at the opening ceremony of school realized that their judgment was wrong when they arrived.

A dense crowd had already gathered around the stadium, and the number of people was even larger than that of the opening ceremony venue.

The duel between Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, the two most famous and powerful Umamusumes in the previous Umamusume, had a much greater impact than imagined.

Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen wore red and white sportswear and were doing preparatory exercises in the middle of the arena. When they finished preparing, they realized that so many people had gathered around them.

"Gold Ship..."

Mejiro McQueen looked at so many people around her, as well as many unfamiliar faces she had never seen before. The muscles in the corners of her eyes twitched, and she turned to growl at the tall Gold Ship with a smile on her face.

She had originally made an appointment with Teiō for a competition on the opening day of school, but she never expected to be spotted by Gold Ship driving a "Gold Ship-chan (balance car)" passing by.

Gold Ship promised not to let others know... 


...Then she saw this  dense crowd of students that gathered around the arena.

"Forget it, forget it."

Tokai Teio was stretching in a forward bending position when she smiled and said two words to Mejiro McQueen. Her chest had reached the top of the lawn, and her extremely soft body made many onlooking Umamusumes marvel.

"Is McQueen worried that others will see her loss to me and be embarrassed?"

"How is it possible? You are the defeated one. Don't forget who lost to me in the Arima Kinen at the end of last year?"

"That's the distance McQueen is good at. There's nothing I can do about it if I lose. Rather, you ruined my undefeated title. I haven't settled the score with you yet."

Tokai Teio had also been stretched and had come to the point of origin (harmony).

"Arima Kinen is only a long-distance race of 2500 meters, but Teiō, Kikuka Sho, the last race of your Triple Crown, is a 3000 meter race. You obviously won the Kikuka Sho championship, why do you think you lost to me ib Arima Kinen because you are not good at it?"

"Before Arima Kinen, I had only run one long-distance race! Unlike McQueen who has always participated in long-distance races?" Tokai Teio said, somewhat unconvinced.

"The Tenno Sho in autumn is in the middle distance. Didn't I still win?" Mejiro McQueen said with a smile.

"Okay, in that case, if McQueen loses today, don't make excuses saying you're not good at middle-distance racing."

"It's what I asked for."

Tokai Teio was about to continue to reply when she suddenly spotted the figure of "Emperor" Rudolf Symboli from a group of onlookers, so she happily waved over there.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen.


After noticing Tokai Teio's greeting action, everyone followed her gaze and saw the president Rudolf Symboli standing there in a classic chest-crossing posture.

"Wow! It's the president!"

Kitasan Black also noticed the president, pointed at Rudolf Symboli and said excitedly.

"That's Maruzensky next to her, right? The undefeated Umamusume!"

Satono Diamond noticed another figure with long brown hair next to Rudolf Symboli.

"Hurry up, it's about to start."

Kitasan Black reminded Satono Diamond, patting her beside her.

They saw Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen both standing on the starting line and making preparations to start.

Mejiro McQueen took out a coin and flicked it into the air with a flick of her finger.

The moment the coin hit the ground and made a dull sound on the grass, Mejiro McQueen and Tokai Teio flew out like an arrow from a string.

All the freshman Umamusumes who were watching all exclaimed with gleaming eyes.

Although Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen did not enter the gate, the two are already considered the top in the eyes of many freshmen. And start of any Umamusume race is still very pleasing to the eye.

The track at Tracen Academy basically replicates the track at Tokyo Racecourse, and the distance will vary depending on the starting position.

Today Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen competed on the 2000 meter Medium-distance Turf race.

"Rudolph, who do you think will win between the two of them?"

Maruzensky asked softly to Rudolf Symboli beside her.

"I think Teiō is more likely to win..."

Rudolf Symboli followed the movement of Tokai Teio's body in the rear position with her eyes and replied with her mouth.

"Teiō lost to McQueen in the Arima Memorial." Maruzensky reminded with a smile.

"In the long distance race, Teiō really can't compete with McQueen. But this is the Meduim distance race of 2000 meters, and the length is the same as that of Satsuki Sho..."

Rudolf Symboli said, turning to look at Maruzensky with a playful face.

"And for Umamusume to win the Satsuki Sho, the first of the three crowns, only the fastest Umamusume can do it."

"Rudolph really prefers Teiō~" Maruzensky teased.

"To tell the truth, after all, Teiō has already won the Japanese Derby, which only the luckiest Umamusume can win, and the Kikuka Sho, which only the strongest Umamusume can win."

"It's reasonable and convincing."

"What, Maruzensky you don't think Teiō will win?"

"Yeah." Maruzensky laughed, "After all, Mejiro McQueen defeated that Rice Shower."

"Rice Shower is our Umamusume on this side, but McQueen is not."

What Maruzensky was talking about was Mejiro McQueen's third consecutive victory in Tenno Sho (Spring).


In this life, Mejiro McQueen was not defeated by Rice Shower in this game, but defeated her.

"Speaking of it, I also feel very incredible about this matter." Rudolf Symboli said, "Rice Shower broke through herself at the end of the game, entered the 'Zone', and burst out with extremely fast speed, instantly shortening the gap between the two, but she still lost to McQueen by one length..."

"Don't forget, that McQueen was running at her own pace from beginning to end, and was hardly affected by the powerful and terrifying Rice Shower at the time." Maruzensky chuckled again, "This kind of situation is rare, defeating 'this' Umamusume with pure hard power."

"Although Teiō has won the Triple Crown, she is obviously not Umamusume on this side. So, Rudolph, do you think Mejiro McQueen will lose to Tokai Teio in a purely physical competition?"

"Without mastering the Zone, there are indeed few Umamusume who can defeat McQueen at this moment." Rudolph also chuckled and turned to look at Maruzensky.

"But don't forget, Teiō, like McQueen, was trained by that person Umamusume."



Chapter 6: The Third Umamusume Who Breaks the Rules

"Ms. McQueen is very fierce. From the beginning of this game, she has adopted a Leading (Runaway) method to compete."

Satono Diamond watched the battle from the sidelines and stared with admiration at the flowing gray-haired figure running in front.

"It seems that Ms. McQueen knows how strong Ms. Teiō is at the end of the set, so she wants to dominate the rhythm of the game from beginning to end and disrupt Ms. Teiō's own rhythm."

Kitasan Black looked at the two people who had turned the third corner in the blink of an eye and started heading towards the fourth corner, with the same sparkle in her eyes.

"However, it seems that Ms. Teiō was not affected by McQueen at all. She has been following closely behind Ms. McQueen and has not been separated." Kitasan Black said with a smile.

“It doesn’t matter if the gap is not widened. Anyway, Miss Mcqeen will definitely lead all the way to the finish line in the end.” Satono Diamond said unconvinced.

"Miss Teiō hasn't exerted her strength yet!" Kitasan Black was also a little unconvinced.

Whenever the issue of the strength of Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen is discussed, these two people who have an irreconcilable relationship will always argue for a long time.

However, as soon as Kitasan Black finished speaking, she saw Mejiro McQueen, who had just entered the final corner, the fourth corner. Her body froze for a moment, and then her speed suddenly accelerated.

Mejiro McQueen burst out at an even more exaggerated speed than when she was leading the race just now.

No one knows if it’s an illusion, but everyone seems to have seen that there is a subtle white airflow flowing along Mejiro McQueen’s graceful figure towards the ponytail.

Three lengths, four lengths, five lengths.

The distance between Mejiro McQueen and Tokai Teio is further widened.

The fourth turn of Tokai Teio was only halfway through, but Mejiro McQueen stepped onto the grass of the final straight line first.

"Wow!!"

Many new Umamusumes who had just entered school exclaimed again.

The speed of Mejiro McQueen, who was originally leading the race, was already beyond their reach, but they did not expect that Mejiro McQueen could actually accelerate.

And the degree of acceleration is so great.

"Come on, Miss McQueen!!"

Satono Diamond was so excited that she made trumpet shapes with her hands and cheered for Mejiro McQueen.

"Is that the end of it? As expected, McQueen who is known as the strongest Umamusume this year is even better..."

Some veteran students who were watching saw Tokai Teio who was still being stretched away, and they all shook their heads and sighed.

However, when they were halfway through speaking, it was as if someone had strangled their necks, and the rest of the content could not be said no matter what.

Because, they saw that the moment Tokai Teio's foot stepped on the final straight line, she also began to exert strength.

She stepped heavily on the ground with her right foot, leaning forward slightly. When her left foot also stepped heavily on the grass with the same force, her right foot drove the muscles of the entire leg and shot out like a spring.

At this moment, everyone sees it.

The grass that Tokai Teio had just stepped heavily on had no trace of green lawn at all, leaving only a clear mud puddle.

Five lengths, four lengths, three lengths.

Half a length!

In less than three seconds, Tokai Teio shortened the gap between her and Mejiro McQueen to 0, and began to keep pace with Mejiro McQueen.

"Ohhhhhh!"

This time, even the veteran students exclaimed.

Although they all felt extremely nervous when they saw the gap between Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen widening.

However, the veteran students who were already very familiar with these two people also remembered them clearly.

Tokai Teio's moment of strength is always when her feet hit the final straight line.

"No matter how many times I watch it, Teiō's force in the final straight line is always so pleasing to the eye."

Kitasan Black shook Satono Diamond's shoulders with excitement and cheered loudly.

"Miss McQueen..."

Satono Diamond obviously lost her composure at this moment. She stared at the figure of Mejiro McQueen and prayed for Mejiro McQueen in her heart.

Seeing Mejiro McQueen catching up, Tokai Teio further increased her speed, but this time, she could no longer widen the gap between herself and Tokai Teio.

"Sorry, McQueen."

Tokai Teio grinned and leaned down again. Her calves drove her thighs, and she once again stepped on a lawn mixed with mud and sand.

Cross the line!

Tokai Teio Bakushind with a sharp finish before the finish line, instantly surpassing Mejiro McQueen and taking first place.

"Ohhhhhhhh!"

There were voices of exclamation again.

Everyone looked with burning eyes at Tokai Teio, who defeated Umamusume Mejiro McQueen, who was already known as the strongest in her class.

Mejiro McQueen has never lost since her second Tenno Sho (Spring).

Mejiro McQueen, the umamusume who once broke the undefeated Triple Crown Umamusume Tokai Teio, now had her unbeaten record broken here by Tokai Teio.

"Look."

Rudolf Symboli turned to look at Maruzensky, who was staring at Tokai Teio with a little amusement in her eyes, and chuckled.

"It's a little surprising that I met another Umamusume who broke the rules."

Maruzensky pursed her lips and chuckled, then looked at Rudolf Symboli.

"Rudolph, do you think that if Rice Shower from Tenno Sho (Spring) were brought in, she would be able to compete with the Teiō at this time?"

"No."
Rudolf shook her head slightly.

“Rice Shower’s outstanding competitions so far have all been long distance competitions. In the medium distance competition of 2000 meters, she was no match for Teiō. Not to mention that she still lost to McQueen despite opening up the Zone.”

"This is the third one, right? An Umamusume who didn't enter the Zone, but showed the strength beyond the Umamusume who possess them" Maruzensky said, "Speaking of which, the first two miracles happened in the spring Tenno Sho."

"Don't forget, the person before McQueen was also from the Mejiro family." Rudolf Symboli reminded.

"That's right. Only the Mejiro family is so dedicated to the spring Tenno Sho. They are indeed a famous family." Maruzensky sighed, "Teiō and McQueen still have a long way to go in the future. It's a pity that the Mejiro family is the only one."

"As the first person to break the rules, their ending is often not so satisfying." Rudolf Symboli also said with some regret.

"When that Mejiro family member participated in Tenno Sho (Spring), it was her first time participating in a G1 event, right? Why did she participate in such a difficult G1 event in the first place?" Maruzensky was a little confused.

The Spring Tenno Sho is the longest event among all G1 events. The distance of 3200 meters alone is enough to deter countless Umamusume.

"Who knows, but she's an unexpected dark horse."

"This is her first time participating in a G1 event. There is a huge gap in experience between her and the current Teiō and McQueen, so it is even more surprising."

"God is jealous of talented people, so it's a pity."

"By the way..."

Maruzensky changed the subject, deciding to change her somewhat gloomy mood.

"Rudolph, you don't seem to be as confident as you said at the beginning. I just saw clearly that you were nervously holding your sleeves with your hands when  Mejiro Mcqueen accelerated at the final corner."

Rudolf Symboli didn't pay much attention when her little secret was revealed. She just shook her head and said nothing.

"Tokai Teio... is in the same class of Umamusume. There is actually someone who can actually defeat Mejiro McQueen. Mejiro McQueen's miracle of defeating an Umamusume who uses a Zone was once again defeated by an Umamusume who is not "this side". It's really interesting..."

Maruzensky stared at Tokai Teio, who excitedly raised her hands to the cheering crowd around her, and said with interest.

"But..."

Maruzensky changed the subject.

"Rudolph, you also said that Umamusume who created the era will definitely enter the Zone. The emergence of Teiō and McQueen broke this convention, but they also reached a bottleneck. If you want to create an era, you must break through yourself. Is it really a good thing to be so strong that there are no opponents among your peers?"

"Haha, I did say that."
Rudolf Symboli stared at the two people in the field who had become the center of attention.

"However, even if some people have been from 'this side' from the beginning, they have never used the 'Zone' in the game. From this, it seems an Umamusume does not have to enter the Zone to become a Legend."


"After all, I have never met an opponent worthy of my full strength so far." Maruzensky narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"To be honest, I'm a little curious, how did their Trainer do it? At the same time, she trained two Umamusumes who were not from 'this side' but were able to defeat 'this side'."




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Chapter 7: Chairman, can you open the door for me?

At the same time, Sakura Baimu, the trainer discussed in Rudolf Symboli and Maruzensky's words, was sitting on the sofa in Akikawa Yayoi's office with a lazy posture, resting her chin on her palm in a daze.

It may look like this to outsiders, but Sakura Baimu is actually looking at the system that appears in front of her, and thinking about how to arrange the training of Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond.

"Speaking of which, although the classic Triple Crown and Triple Tiara were promised right from the beginning, I don't even know what kind of running style and distance they are suitable for..."

"Even if the system is upgraded and I can see the basic information of Umamusume, I still don't know which data I trust more if I don't touch their legs..."

Sakura Baimu thought in her mind.

Her system can enhance her career as a trainer, and it will rarely be noticed by others.

Sakura Baimu only needs to act like an ordinary trainer and do what an ordinary trainer would do to quietly use the system's functions.

For example, many trainers only need to touch an Umamusume's calves to understand the general condition of the Umamusume.

Sakura Baimu only needs to do the same thing, and the system will give more detailed and accurate information.

She can also purchase some effective items from the system mall with points earned from achieving goals or completing mission achievements, and then attach them to items in reality.

For example, hoofs that strengthen the person's balance in the game.

The system's functions are very complex, but it cannot directly help Umamusume improve their strength.

If you want to improve their strength, you still need to carry out normal training and competition.

The icing on the cake is slightly underrated, but more accurately it should be said that it can do twice the result with half the effort.

"Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond are generally one level more difficult to train than Teiō and McQueen..."

The cultivation difficulty levels of Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond are B+ and A respectively.

The training difficulty levels of Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen are A and A+.

This does not mean that Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond are less talented than Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen.

It can only mean that when she raises these two little ones, it may not be as smooth as she was when she trained Teiō and McQueen.

Just as Sakura Baimu was thinking about these things in her mind, she suddenly found that the light in front of her was blocked.


At the same time, a powerful voice sounded in front of her.

"Sakura!"

"Ah, there!"

Sakura Baimu suddenly raised her head and looked at the little Chairman Yayoi Akikawa who was standing in front of her, but not much taller than she was sitting.

"Is it really okay for you to stay here? Although this is just an official match between Teiō and McQueen, as a trainer you should still welcome your Umamusume's victory, right? Since one of them will always fail, as a trainer you should also comfort and encourage the failed team member, right?"

"Don't worry, I know McQueen quite well. She is not the kind of Umamusume who will become discouraged and lose motivation if she fails once. Otherwise, she would not have achieved what she has now."

Sakura Baimu said with a smile.

"Are you sure Teiō will win?"

"Yes. Teiō is still dominant in the medium-range races."

"Here, eat a carrot, I grew it myself."

Akikawa Yayoi took out a carrot from somewhere and handed it to Sakura Baimu.

"Only the URA winner can be lucky enough to eat this."

Sakura Baimu took the carrot and took a bite subconsciously.

The carrots grown by Akikawa Yayoi are much more delicious than those purchased outside. They are crispy, sweet, tender and juicy.

Sakura Baimu chewed twice and suddenly realized something was wrong. She quickly put the bitten carrot back into Akikawa Yayoi's hand and whispered to Akikawa Yayoi with a horrified look.

"Chairman, what are you doing? This is too dangerous. What if someone comes in and sees you and me?"

"There is no one here, you can call me by my name."

Akikawa Yayoi narrowed her blue eyes and pointed at the ceiling.

"Even if someone else has something to do, they will come to Rudolf, but they won't come to me. What are you worried about?"

The room on the top floor is currently occupied by Rudolf Symboli, the student council president.

"Even if Rudolf is here, as the chairman's secretary, Ms. Tazuna will often come here to see you, right? What if she sees..."

"It doesn't matter what Tazuna said. Even if she knows, she won't tell your secret."

Akikawa Yayoi sneered twice with sly eyes, feeling that Sakura Baimu's slightly flustered look was very cute.

"I still suggest you go and see McQueen and Teiō. After all, McQueen hasn't lost for a long time. It would not be a good thing if she gets hit."

Akikawa Yayoi was very concerned about the competition between Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen and suggested again.

"OkayOkay"

Sakura Baimu stretched out her voice, stood up, and prepared to open the door and leave.

But just when her hand was about to grasp the door handle, suddenly a flash of light flashed in her head, and she walked back to the confused Akikawa Yayoi.

"Yayoi, can I ask you a favor?" Sakura Baimu clasped her hands together and narrowed one eye as if begging.

"No, you asked me to open the door for you again, right? What's with your quirk?"

"Please."

"Give me your reason."

"Please..." Sakura Baimu said earnestly.

"Alas——"

Akikawa Yayoi sighed softly, and was finally defeated by Sakura Baimu's expectant eyes.

She went back to the drawer and found a fan with "Heat!" written on it, and closed it in front of Sakura Baimu.

Then, while trotting towards the door, a cute smile appeared on her girlish face, she turned back and waved to Sakura Baimu.

Then she ran to the door and opened the door for Sakura Baimu with both hands.

Seeing Yayoi Akikawa's scene that was so familiar to her, she felt like her entire body was healed with warm heat.

Sakura Baimu wiped the non-existent nosebleed and walked over quickly.

The chairman opened the door, she's so cute!

Sakura Baimu couldn't help but want to reach out and touch Akikawa Yayoi's head, but Akikawa Yayoi had sharp eyes and quick hands. She blocked her with a fan.

Akikawa Yayoi never lets Sakura Baimu touch her head.

Sakura Baimu has always been a bit confused before, but today after learning that Akikawa Yayoi is also an Umamusume, she now understands what's going on.

"I guess Yayoi's ears are hidden in the hat..."

[Mission accomplished: Chairman Akikawa opens the door, +60 system points]

Seeing the system prompt popping up in front of her eyes, Sakura Baimu retracted her hand and left the chairman's office with satisfaction.

Akikawa Yayoi stood at the door, watching Sakura Baimu disappear from the end of the corridor, and then closed the door angrily.

"I don't understand, why does this child always want me to open the door to see her? And she is so happy every time..."

She murmured something, a little confused.

"Well, forget it, as long as she likes it."

As Akikawa Yayoi said, she picked up the carrot Sakura Baimu put back into her hand and casually took a bite.




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This is a mobile game meme. Usually when you roll the gacha for an Umamusume, a secretary dressed in green will open the door. If you find that one day it is not the secretary but the cute chairman, it means that this time there must be a three-star Umamusume~


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Chapter 8 Reasons for joining the team


The smile on Tokai Teio's face at this moment is even the same as when she won the Kikuka Sho victory before and won the undefeated Triple Crown Umamusume title.

She raised her hands high and greeted the cheering crowd around her. Then she came to Mejiro McQueen, who was holding her knees with her hands and still breathing slightly.

She imitated the way Mejiro McQueen did after losing to Arima Kinen, and stretched out her hand.

Mejiro McQueen grabbed the hand extended by Tokai Teio, and the momentary disappointment on her face disappeared. She smiled at Tokai Teio who bared her teeth at her and showed an elegant and peaceful smile.

"Miss Teiō!"

"Miss McQueen!"

Just when Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen smiled at each other, they heard someone calling their names.

So she turned around and saw Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond running towards them quickly.

"Huh? I remember you are Miss Kitasan and Miss Satomi, right?" Mejiro McQueen said in surprise.

"Yes, my name is Satono Diamond, and she is Kitasan Black. It turns out that Miss McQueen has already remembered our names."

Satono Diamond was very happy to be named by Mejiro McQueen.

"It turns out it's you two. It seems you successfully enrolled in school. Congratulations!"

Tokai Teio gave a thumbs up to Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond.

“We’ve joined Miss McQueen and Miss Teiō!” said Kitasan Black.

"Huh?"

Mejiro McQueen and Tokai Teio looked at each other.

"Have you already met Trainer-san?"

"Yes, she has agreed to us joining TCB."

"I see, that's really congratulations."

Mejiro McQueen once again smiled at the two of them.

"Welcome."

"Trainer-san told us you were competing here, so let's find Miss McQueen and Miss Teiō," said Satono Diamond.

"She probably wants us to take you to get familiar with the campus, right? Although you already visited it during the campus open day, now that you two have also joined TCB, I have to introduce it to you two in detail."

Mejiro McQueen and Tokai Teio led the two new members of the team towards the starting position where they started.

The two of them have met Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond many times, and naturally they care about these two juniors very much.

"Speaking of which, when you said that you joined the team, Did Trainer-san take the initiative to find you?" Tokai Teio asked curiously.

"No. One senior asked us to wait for Trainer-san in the chairman's office, and when she came to report to the chairman, we made a request to her to join the team." Satono Diamond replied.

"So that's it..."
Tokai Teio said, looking away and scratching her cheek.

"Isn't this how Ms. Teiō joined the team in the first place?" Kitasan Black wondered.

"No, Trainer-san just joined Tracen Academy when she first started, and she didn't have a single Umamusume under her. She came to me on her own initiative."

"Then why did you accept Trainer-san's request, Ms. Teiō?"

"It's a bit strange to talk about this... Although I hadn't joined the team at the time, I had been helping Spica with their singing and dancing lessons as a foreign aid. I was already interested and wanted to join Spica..."

"Indeed, I remember that Gold Ship was also harassing me and wanted me to join Spica." Mejiro McQueen flipped up her long hair and interjected.

"Then why did you eventually choose to join Trainer-san's team, Ms. Teiō?" Satono Diamond asked.

"Because... Trainer-san promised me when she met me that she would help me win the Triple Crown and achieve the same achievements as the president."

Tokai Teio recalled the first time she met Sakura Baimu, and it still feels a little weird when she thinks about it now.

"What?!!"

This time, not only the two juniors Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black screamed, but even Mejiro McQueen's eyes widened in shock.

This was the first time she had heard of this.

"Trainer-san promised Triple...Triple Crowns when she first met Teiō-san? She was just a new trainer at that time, right? She hadn't taken over any Umamusume yet, right?"

Kitasan Black was extremely surprised. She thought of Sakura Baimu promising two Triple Crowns to the two of them as soon as they met. This was due to her confidence in cultivating two outstanding Umamusume, Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen.

Unexpectedly, Sakura Baimu has already set an impossible goal since she first became a trainer.

The most important thing is that she really achieved it!

"It's unbelievable, right? I thought the same way at the time. My goal is to become the powerful, beautiful, and undefeated Triple Crown Umamusume like the president, but I never mentioned it to anyone."

"So what the trainer said at that time touched your heart, Teiō, and that's why you joined TCB, right?" Mejiro McQueen said with a smile.

"Yeah, I found out that Trainer-san actually has the same goals as me, so I had a good first impression of her." Tokai Teio nodded.

"At the time, I still had some doubts that she was talking big words, but I didn't expect that she actually did it. Although the goal of being undefeated failed, I am very satisfied."

After listening to this, Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black turned their attention to Mejiro McQueen.

"My reason is very simple. Trainer-san feels very friendly to me, much like my sister who I used to play with when I was a kid, so I joined her team."

"McQueen is really casual." Tokai Teio laughed.

"Then...of course!"

Mejiro McQueen heard Tokai Teio's teasing, and a blush suddenly appeared on her cheeks.

She flipped up her long hair again and said proudly. 

"Anyway, since I'm so strong, it doesn't matter who I join. Instead of being harassed by Gold Ship every day, I might as well just join a team that makes me feel comfortable. With fewer people, it'll save a lot of trouble."

"McQueen actually hates Gold Ship so much." Tokai Teio was surprised.

“I can’t say I hate her, I just feel annoyed when I get harassed sometimes...”

Mejiro McQueen recalled how Gold Ship pulled her clothes and cried bitterly after hearing that she was going to join TCB, causing her to feel a huge sense of guilt rising in her heart.

Tokai Teio was used to Mejiro McQueen's tsun, so she smiled and then looked at Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond.

"What about you? Did she promise you any results?"

"There is..."

Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black looked at each other and then replied.

"Trainer-san has set a small goal for us..."

"What small goal?"


Mejiro McQueen also became interested.

"Dia-chan and I, each go for a Triple Crown..."




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Chapter 9: Mejiro McQueen's Sister

When Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen heard Kitasan Black's words, they didn't show the same surprise as the two of them, but both laughed.

"It's really her style."

"Don't you think this is a bit outrageous? We haven't even debuted yet, and she just said she wanted us to win the Triple Crown or something..."

"You have to believe that Trainer-san really has this strength," Tokai Teio said with a smile.

The four of them chatted and finally reached the spot where Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen had began to race.

Mejiro McQueen looked around and found the coin she had just used as a starting signal.

Then she picked it up and put it in her pocket.

"Well... I want to ask, Miss Teiō, what is the goal you are striving for?" Kitasan Black asked.

"Didn't I just say that? Like the president, I want to become an undefeated Triple Crown Umamusume, and I have already achieved it," Tokai Teio smiled.

"But Teiō, you are no longer the undefeated Umamusume," Mejiro McQueen said with a smile.

"Anyway, it's already great that I didn't lose before the Triple Crown! Speaking of which, McQueen, isn't it the same for you? I just won!"

"Sorry, so what if you won? It's not a formal competition anyway."

"McQueen, do you want to default on your debt?"

"I don't know. If I lose, I lose. It's just that this game will not be recorded. In the official records, I still maintain my winning streak," Mejiro McQueen laughed.

"Just wait, your winning streak won't last long. My next goal is to beat McQueen in long-distance events!"

"Oh, you're not too shy. If you can do it, try it."

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond felt a little funny when they saw how they went from being good friends to being at odds with each other in the blink of an eye.

Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen were exactly the same as them.

"By the way...Miss McQueen, what was your original goal?"

Satono Diamond spoke in time, interrupting the gaze between Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, whose foreheads were already pressed together.

"My goal is to win the Tenno Sho. The Tenno Sho has extraordinary meaning to the Mejiro family."

"Oh, it turns out that McQueen's goal is so simple," Tokai Teio chuckled.

"Winning once is certainly not enough! I want to win in a row, three times in a row! In the future, I will win four times in a row, five times in a row."

"Miss McQueen won the Tenno Sho title three times in a row, as well as the Spring and Autumn title last year. It's really a very impressive achievement," Satono Diamond praised.

"It's not such a big deal."

Mejiro McQueen didn't care on the surface, but in fact she was very happy to be praised by her juniors.

The evidence is that the lavender ponytail behind her swayed happily a few times.

"So, doesn't Miss McQueen have a goal to strive for or follow like Miss Teiō? Although Trainer-san said it's not good to follow someone else's path...but, in fact, Miss McQueen, you are the goal I strive for."

Satono Diamond blushed and said to Mejiro McQueen.

"How is it possible? McQueen looks so arrogant. How can there be someone who can catch her eye?"

Tokai Teio has a habit of teasing Mejiro McQueen.

But this time, Mejiro McQueen did not respond to Tokai Teio as usual.

"Actually, there is."

"Huh? McQueen, are you really lying? Why haven't I heard you say that? Who is it?" Tokai Teio was surprised.

"It's the sister I just mentioned, the sister I used to play with when I was little."

"Is this the one McQueen you said looks similar to Trainer-san?"

"That's right," Mejiro McQueen nodded. "The two of them are indeed very similar. They are both so beautiful that it makes people feel amazed. The first time I saw Trainer-san, I was shocked. How could there be people who look so similar."

"But our Trainer-san looks like a human, and I don't see a tail or ears. Besides, my sister has short blue hair, and our trainer has long black hair. The hair color is completely different."

"Although I don't know my sister's specific age, I have the impression that she is very mature, so I think she should be much older than me. I have seen our Trainer-san's ID, and she is not much older than us," Mejiro McQueen said.

"Is she strong?"

"Hmm... I don't know... I didn't understand much at the time, and she had only participated in one G1 level competition. But for me at the time, she was my idol."

"But it would be too much to only participate in G1 once..." Tokai Teio was a little embarrassed. "Umamusume usually doesn't get any good results when she participates in G1 for the first time, right?"

Tokai Teio said so, but she was undefeated until she lost to Mejiro McQueen at Arima Kinen last year.

"No, although she has only participated in the G1 level competition once, the first time she participated was the Spring Tenno Sho. And she almost won first place."

"So powerful?!"

Tokai Teio and her two junior Umamusume all exclaimed upon hearing this.

If it were just an ordinary G1 event, it would b fine. This the longest Tenno Sho, and a G1 event at that. She almost took first place too.

This kind of talent can be called terrifying.

"So how many lengths did she miss first place?" Satono Diamond asked curiously.

"No, she's not second," Mejiro McQueen shook her head.

"Is that third place? Third place is pretty good too," Tokai Teio smiled.

"No, she is tenth among the ten contestants."

Tokai Teio & Satono Diamond & Kitasan Black: "..."

"It's not even close at all!!!" the three of them shouted in unison.

"That's not the case. Listen to me."

Mejiro McQueen also felt a little embarrassed, but a frown was forming in her expression.

"She was supposed to be first. She obviously crossed the line in first place, but she was given a foul, so she was disqualified."

"Foul?" The three of them were surprised.

"Yeah. She was fouled for diagonally running on the straight line at the end of the course."

"Then is she hindering other players?" Tokai Teio wondered.

"Not really."

"Hey? Why is that? I remember that the central race has a rule about falling, right? As long as it does not hinder the path of other Umamusume, we are allowed to go diagonally."

There is a rule of the Japan Central Umamusume Racing that if an Umamusume goes diagonally and blocks the path of another Umamusume, and if the condition of "if the offending horse had not gone diagonally, the injured horse would have surpassed the offending horse" is met, the result of the offending Umamusume will be moved to that of the injured Umamusume.

If running diagonally causes significant harm to the progress of the competition, the results will be invalidated, which means the athlete will be disqualified.

More serious cases will be punished by suspension.

In other words, it is possible to move diagonally as long as it does not affect other Umamusume.

Even if it is affected, the results will only be exchanged with the affected Umamusume and will not be directly invalidated.

"This rule was added after she was punished for running diagonally," Mejiro McQueen said. "Everyone is saying that this rule was put in because of her."

"Well, that's really a pity," Tokai Teio sighed.

The first time she participated in the G1 event, she won the Tenno Sho (Spring) championship, but was disqualified due to imperfect rules.


It was really a pity.

"By the way, what's your sister's name?" Tokai Teio asked.

"Sakura, Mejiro Sakura," Mejiro McQueen said.

"Mejiro Sakura? Is there a person like that in Tracen Academy?" Tokai Teio asked doubtfully.

"She did not join Tracen Academy. She was a local Umamusume and was originally supposed to join the Central Tracen Academy. But that time the competition was not just as simple as invalidating the results. The Central Racing Association directly banned her for six years."

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Author's Note:

As for the six-year suspension, I hope readers will not be surprised.

The timeline of Umamusume's universe is very strange. McQueen participated in Tenno Sho three times in the anime, and the following year (?) Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond enrolled.


In other words, it takes four years for an Umamusume to graduate from the time of enrollment to move up a grade to welcome a new Umamusume.

Teiō and McQueen are one grade below Special Week, and they both belong to the middle school section of Tracen Academy.

Oguri Cap and BNW belong to the higher division.

However, at the beginning of the second season of the anime, when Satono Diamond and the black Kita-chan came to visit the school, Oguri Cap who should have retired was learning basic middle school content in the classroom.

(The top three of Heisei are still learning what the classic Triple Crown is, and the book in their hands is also a basic textbook. This is obviously what they studied when they were with Special Week)

In addition, the Umamusume anime also has an "individual" setting, which is that an Umamusume suddenly changes from a lolita form to a normal form.

For example, Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond were originally just little lolita. They suddenly became old enough to enter school after the anime.

When Teiō was a lolita, after meeting the president, she suddenly grew tall enough to enter school.

Although they are both in the upper division, it seems that many Umamusume are very different.

BNW, Rice Shower and others are still competing with the students in the middle division, while Oguri Cap and other top three players are obviously no longer competing.

Maruzensky, who is also in the Department of Higher Education and walks around in school uniform every day, is old enough to drive. An Old aunt (crossed out).

Starting from Teiō and McQueen's entrance into school, at least four years passed in the anime before Kitasan and Diamond entered school.



If you equate animation time with the real world... you move up a grade and count it as one year in the real world, the six-year suspension is actually equivalent to one and a half years in the real world.

If possible, please don't worry about the anime and the timeline in the original work...

The main setting this book is based on the anime, and will mix some settings from manga and games. Of course, there will also be many liberties.


The animation timeline is already confusing. If the fic was written like this for the sake of rigor, the reading experience would be much lower.



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Chapter 10: The Strangeness of Trainer-san



"Six...six years? Can you continue to compete after such a long time?"

Tokai Teio, Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond were shocked at the same time and couldn't understand this punishment.

Mejiro McQueen spread her hands, and then shook her head, with unspeakable regret in her tone.

"So, since there is no way to compete, there is no need to enroll in school. For an Umamusume, being unable to run is even more cruel than taking away her life."

"Actually... it's not impossible to debut overseas. Wait until the suspension period in Japan passes and then come back and continue competing," Tokai Teio suggested.

"She has only participated in one G1 game, and it is impossible for her to be noticed by foreign teams."

"Just spend money and go out."

"Where does she have so much money..."

"Isn't she from the Mejiro family? Can't she even get the funds to debut overseas?"

"Although Sakura is also the Umamusume of the Mejiro family, she is from an extremely branched Mejiro Umamusume clan. I also said that she was a local Umamusume from the beginning and was not in Tokyo. If Sakura hadn't performed well in the local area, she would not have been able to come to the central competition."


"So that's it..."

Tokai Teio sighed, as if she felt very regretful, as if a heavy boulder was squeezed in her heart, and continued to ask. 

"Since you said you have a good relationship with your sister, why doesn't your family help her with the money? You all know that she didn't intentionally break the rules, right?"

"..."

Unexpectedly, when Mejiro McQueen heard Tokai Teio's inquiry, her whole expression suddenly turned gloomy.

"This is... my mistake. My sister has been staying at my house since she came to Tokyo. However, the Tenno Sho is the most important competition for the Mejiro family. Even if they cannot win, the Mejiro family will not allow anyone to tarnish this competition..."

"But Sakura... made a foul when she first participated in Tenno Sho and was suspended. Grandma-sama was furious because of this and kicked her out of the Mejiro house. Although Grandma-sama is serious, she rarely gets angry. That day was the first time I saw her get so angry... I was too scared at the time and didn't dare to plead for Sakura."

Mejiro McQueen became more and more frustrated as she spoke, and her whole person was enveloped in strong negative emotions.

Tokai Teio saw Mejiro McQueen like this for the first time, and quickly comforted her.

"McQueen, even if you didn't plead for your sister, it's not your fault. Shouldn't the culprit be the Japan Racing Association? It has nothing to do with you, McQueen..."

"No, Teiō you don't understand."

Mejiro McQueen slowly raised her head and looked at Tokai Teio.

She hesitated several times, but ultimately did not say the next words.

"Anyway, this is my fault. Therefore, I want to become the strongest Umamusume and let my name be engraved in the history of Tenno Sho forever."

"By the way, McQueen, do you know where your sister is now?"

Mejiro McQueen shook her head.

"Maybe she went back to her hometown? Maybe she fell in love, got married, and had children? I don't know. The year she was suspended happened to be the year I entered school. Four years have passed and I have never seen her again."

"Miss McQueen, I don't think you need to be too depressed."

Satono Diamond suddenly spoke at this time.

"Miss McQueen, you are the first person to win the Tenno Sho consecutively. Not only that, you have also won three consecutive championships. Your sister who is far away will definitely be very pleased to hear about this."

"That's right. She will be proud of me."

Mejiro McQueen also smiled at Satono Diamond when she heard her words.

"Speaking of which, Sakura's suspension actually helped me a lot. I had never thought that diagonal running would be such a serious matter before. Since that incident, I have been very careful every time I compete. So I haven't had any foul records so far."

"Hoho, it seems that McQueen has also inherited the 'sister's will'," Tokai Teio joked with a smile.

"In short, my next goal is to continue to dominate Tenno Sho. If Teiō wants to destroy my winning streak, you can try it. At least in the Tenno Sho event, I am confident that I will not lose to anyone," Mejiro McQueen smiled.

"Oh? Then I'm afraid, McQueen, if you cry after losing, I won't compete with you for the Tenno Sho championship. We'll see you at the Tenno Sho in the fall!" Tokai Teio put her hands on her waist and raised her head.

"Hey! Are you cowardly and deliberately chose the mid-range Autumn Tenno Sho?" Mejiro McQueen said with disdain.

"Pfft——"

When Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond met Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen began to quarrel again, both couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"By the way, the senior we asked for directions today told me that our Trainer-san is a very strange person. But I found that apart from setting her goals too high, she seems to be a pretty nice person."

Satono Diamond asked doubtfully, pointing her finger at her chin.

"Huh? She..."

When Mejiro McQueen heard Satono Diamond mention Sakura Baimu, her eyes suddenly turned into a dead fish.

"She does a lot of strange things. She often forces you to eat a lot of strange things."

"Some nutritional drinks, small cakes and the like. The small cakes taste quite good, but she gives them too much. It's very easy to gain weight if you eat too much."

When Tokai Teio heard them mention Sakura Baimu, she immediately crossed her arms and shuddered.

"Let me tell you, Trainer-san often gives us a special! Special! Especially unpleasant dark green liquid to drink. It looks similar to ordinary green juice, but it tastes so unpleasant that you can't even imagine..."

"Huh? Can't you refuse?" Kitasan Black wondered.

"No way!!" Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen shouted at the same time.

"She said that stuff would help restore physical strength, and actually the effect is quite good..." Mejiro McQueen's face also turned a little blue. "But that stuff tastes really bad... Taiyaki with yellow mustard is even more delicious than that stuff."

"Uh..."

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond felt a little sweat on their foreheads when they saw Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen's faces changing expressions when talking about "juice".

They also started to get scared.

"Actually, you don't have to be afraid of being like that," Tokai Teio laughed awkwardly. "In most cases, Trainer-san will give you another small cake."

"That sounds good, maybe if you just eat the cake..."

"No, she will watch you drink the green juice before letting you eat the cake."

Kitasan Black & Satono Diamond: "???"

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At the same time, Sakura Baimu, who had just come out of Chairman Akikawa's office, suddenly covered her mouth and sneezed several times.

She rubbed her nose, looked up at the sky and murmured to herself.

"It's strange. Did I catch a cold?"

As soon as she finished speaking, another system prompt interface popped up in front of Sakura Baimu's eyes.

[Achievement achieved: Avoid Mejiro McQueen from falling. Reward: 1991 system points]

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Trivia: The first major prize winner in history to be penalized for running sideways was Mejiro McQueen in the 1991 Fall Tenno Sho.







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Chapter 11 Sakura Baimu’s Quirk




"So, have you noticed? After drinking that unpleasant green juice, you have to eat cake. But eating cake will make you gain weight easily, so you have to practice more... If you lose your physical strength after practicing more, she will bring you something to drink..."

Mejiro McQueen's lips were trembling. She glanced sideways at Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond, and said in a deep voice.

"Well, it turns out that Ms. McQueen, you have worked so hard to achieve your current achievements..." Satono Diamond said awkwardly.

"In addition, she has many quirks. For example, before every competition, she will ask me to take off my shoe. She doesn't know what she does with it before returning it to me. I have confirmed many times that the shoe has not changed at all, but she just does it."

"Maybe it's some kind of ritual, or a prayer habit?" Kitasan Black said.

"No, I suspect she either has obsessive-compulsive disorder or there's something really wrong with her brain." Mejiro McQueen held her head.

"The human mind is beyond our comprehension."

"Then Miss McQueen, don't you feel anything after wearing those shoes for competition?"

"I feel nothing. It's the same as before. However, I don't know if it's an illusion. After the game, I became more and more familiar with the game and feel stronger."

Mejiro McQueen said this, but she always felt that this should have nothing to do with Sakura Baimu.

Kitasan Black listened and felt that she should be able to accept it, so she continued to ask.

"It sounds like Trainer-san only does some weird things to her team members. Then why does the senpai we asked for directions today seem to be very resistant to her?"

"Wow, you haven't seen it before. Trainer-san's favorite thing to do is to harass the Umamusume of other people's teams, either staring at them from afar without saying a word. Or making them do some very strange things." Tokai Teio said.

"For example?"

"For example... Trainer-san has always liked to follow Sister Matikane Tannhauser for a while. She doesn't shy away from others and just follows her all the time. Even if Tannhauser-san enters the training room of Canopus, it's the same."

"This incident frightened Tannhauser-san, and she came over to ask what was going on, but Trainer-san said it was nothing and told Sister Matikane Tannhauser not to mind."

"Then what?"

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond also felt something strange.

"Then that day, Tannhauser-san accidentally hit her nose and had a nosebleed. Trainer-san hurried over and handed her a tissue, and then stopped following Sister Matikane Tannhauser after."


Kitasan Black & Satono Diamond: "???"

"This story starts in an anticlimax and ends in a tailspin. What do you mean? I don't understand."

"That's it, no more. I suspect Trainer-san just wanted to see Tannhauser-senpai hit her nose, who knows..."

Tokai Teio spread her hands, expressing that she was also very helpless.

"By the way, I have a question, what does our team's name TCB mean? Why is it that other teams have the same word, but our team's name is so strange?" Satono Diamond asked.

"TCB means Thousand Cherry Blossoms, which is translated as Thousand Cherry Blossoms."

Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded behind the four of them, answering Satono Diamond's question.

The four of them turned around in unison and saw the familiar face of Sakura Baimu.

"Senbonzakura originates from the spectacular sight of Sakura blooming in the wild mountains of Nara Prefecture, Japan. People all over the world call it 'One Eye of Sakura' to describe the beauty of Sakura. And I hope that you will bloom with your own colors just like the Sakura in full bloom on the mountain."

Sakura Baimu pointed at the Sakura tree behind her with her thumb and explained with a smile.

"Wow!! What a cool name."

"Trainer-san should be very knowledgeable, right?"

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond were filled with admiration when they heard Sakura Baimu's explanation.

They felt that the name of this team was more than a little more qualified than other teams named after stars.

"I just trained well."

Sakura Baimu was naturally happy when she saw her team members worshipping her, so she put her hands on their shoulders and encouraged them.

"Yes, she is very knowledgeable. Trainer-san can also write songs." Tokai Teio muttered, crossing her arms.

"Really? It's so awesome!!"

When Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond heard this, their eyes suddenly filled with stars.

Sakura Baimu's excellence far exceeded their expectations.

"Would you like to listen to the song written by Trainer-san, whom you admire?"

Mejiro McQueen asked the two of them with the same contempt on her face.

"Uh... Then there's no need." Sakura Baimu suddenly felt embarrassed.

"Yes, yes! Tell us quickly."

At this point, Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond would say no with their eyes shining brightly.

Mejiro McQueen took out her phone and started swiping on the screen.

"This is a song written by our 'erudite' Trainer-san for the Youth Committee Chairman Sakura Bakushin O. Please feel it."

She said, and clicked play while looking at the expectant eyes of the two junior Umamusume.

Only a series of violent voices were heard coming from the mobile phone:

【Bakushin! Bakushin! Bakushin! Bakushin! Bakushin! Bakushin! Bakushin in! ! Bakushin! Bakushin! Bakushin-shin! ! 】



Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond appeared to have been struck by lightning. Their mouths and eyes widened, and were instantly petrified.


This song is so brainwashing that it can even be said to be somewhat mentally polluting.

Kitasan Black even thought her phone was malfunctioning at first.

When Sakura Baimu saw the expressions of the two young Umamusume who had just joined the team, there was an indescribable heat on her face.

However, if she gives this song to Sakura Bakushin O, she can complete the achievement and get points rewarded by the system.

Otherwise, how could she do such a thing.

She spoke awkwardly.

"It's not bad, Ms. Sakura Bakushin O likes it quite a lot."

"Yes, she really likes it. Sakura Bakushin O likes it very much. It is said that she plays the song Sakura recorded more than twenty times every morning and night. It is reported that Sakura Bakushin O's roommate has already started planning how to assassinate the author of this song."

"The more you talk, the more exaggerated it becomes!"

Sakura Baimu felt a chill on her back and hurriedly complained loudly.

"So, Trainer-san, you can obviously write good songs. We can also see that you are actually quite knowledgeable. You were admitted to Tracen Academy at such a young age, so why don't you write some good songs?"

Mejiro McQueen asked Sakura Baimu with obvious contempt on her face.

"Haha, McQueen, let's go and take the juniors to weigh themselves. Let me take a look, how much weight have you gained since Arima Kinen and you have been idle until today?" Sakura Baimu's face showed an expression of contempt that was very similar to Mejiro McQueen.

Mejiro McQueen's cheeks turned red when she heard this, and she hurriedly said loudly.

"What can I do? Teiō and I both suffered fractures after the Arima Kinen. Today is the first competition after recovery. I have just resumed training recently."

"It's good that you know." Sakura Baimu chuckled.

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond on the side were both a little dumbfounded.


They didn't expect that Mejiro McQueen, who usually looks very ladylike and has a very personal code of conduct, would be manipulated by Sakura Baimu so easily.




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Chapter 12 The Unsmiling Rudolf Symboli

"By the way, Trainer-san, why are you here? I thought you wouldn't come. Didn't you say something before that you didn't want to see one of us fail?"

Tokai Teio asked Sakura Baimu, holding her head from behind with her hands.

"I went to see if McQueen is crying." Sakura Baimu smiled.

"How is that possible!! I was just a little behind!" Mejiro McQueen's cheeks turned red again and she said hurriedly.

While Sakura Baimu was chatting with several Umamusume in her own team, Rudolf Symboli and Maruzensky, who were standing nearby and watching, also noticed Sakura Baimu's figure.

"Come over and say hello."

Rudolf Symboli said something and took Maruzensky and the Air Groove who had just arrived towards the location of the TCB people.

The three of them can be said to be the Umamusume with the highest reputation and status in Tracen Academy.

Even the freshmen who have just entered the school know these three people.

The first seven-time winner of the Umamusume "Emperor" Rudolf Symboli, the "Empress" Air Groove, and the undefeated "Hotrod" Maruzensky.

Every move of the three of them attracted the attention of the crowd around the track, and naturally attracted the attention of several people from TCB who were complaining about each other.

"President!!"

Tokai Teio was not as afraid of Rudolf Symboli's strong pressure as others.


After she saw Rudolf Symboli approaching, she immediately waved excitedly towards Rudolf Symboli like a child who had achieved good results and was waiting for praise.

"How did I run?" Tokai Teio said with a bared smile.

"You recovered well, keep up the good work."

Rudolf Symboli looked at Tokai Teio fondly and said with a smile.

"I will...President!"

Although Kitasan Black has already seen Rudolf Symboli at the opening ceremony, she still couldn't help but feel very nervous after seeing Rudolf Symboli at the top of Tracen Academy so close.

Satono Diamond gave a speech on behalf of the freshmen and had close contact with Rudolf Symboli.

But now that she saw Rudolf Symboli approaching, she felt a little nervous, for fear that she would do something wrong or say something wrong.

"Rudolf Symboli."

Sakura Baimu was not nervous when facing Rudolf Symboli, because she knew clearly that this "emperor" was completely cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

In fact, she was often troubled by the fact that many students were afraid of her.

She usually puts on a majestic look because of her status as student council president.

"Trainer Sakura."

Rudolf Symboli nodded towards Sakura Baimu, but the smile on her face when she faced Tokai Teio was gone.

"Well done, your results impress me."

"Thank you for the compliment." Sakura Baimu nodded slightly.

"Teiō and McQueen can now be regarded as the medium-distance and long-distance hegemons of the middle school division. Their strength should not be surpassed by ordinary Umamusume in the same grade."

"What do you mean by ordinary?" Sakura Baimu asked with a smile.

Rudolf Symboli shook her head slightly and gave no explanation.


Only those who obtain and know the existence of the Zone can feel the changes of other Umamusume.

Even if she explained it to Sakura Baimu now, it would be pointless.

What's more, she is just a trainer. Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond, who just entered school today, are her third and fourth training targets.

She also has no experience at all in cultivating Zone-centric Umamusume.

"I'm actually quite curious about your training methods, Trainer Sakura. Mejiro McQueen's strength amazes me."

Maruzensky crossed her chest with one hand and put the fingers of the other hand on her chin, her blue eyes looking interested.

"It's nothing special, it's just more training than other trainers." Sakura Baimu told the truth.

"Ms. Sakura, I'm really surprised that you are so young and can understand each track to this extent and formulate appropriate strategies." Maruzensky smiled.

Sakura Baimu spread her hands, not showing any pride at Maruzensky's praise.

"Trainer Sakura, you are excellent and an excellent trainer. However, you must have noticed that it is becoming more and more difficult for McQueen and Teiō to improve their strength at this time. This is a sign of reaching a bottleneck. I hope you can pay attention to this and don't be complacent just because the two of them have achieved such results."

"Thank you, President Rudolf, for the reminder." Sakura Baimu bowed slightly to thank Rudolf Symboli for her kind reminder.

This person was older and more senior than her, so Sakura Baimu didn't feel dissatisfied at all because of the reminder.

On the side, Kitasan Black who was listening to the conversation between Rudolf Symboli and Sakura Baimu leaned close to Satono Diamond's ear and whispered in her ear with a voice as thin as a mosquito.

"President Rudolf is a bit scary. Except for Miss Teiō, I have never seen her smile at anyone else."

"Yes, everyone says she is very serious and scary, and no one dares to joke with her..."

"Dia-chan, do you think our Trainer-san will harass the president?"

"No matter how weird Trainer-san is, she wouldn't dare to do weird things to the president, right? And judging from the way they look, their conversations are very official and polite, so they must be unfamiliar with each other."

Just as Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond were whispering there, Sakura Baimu suddenly caught a glimpse of Spica's team on the side.

She pointed over there with a serious face and said to Rudolf Symboli.

"Rudolf Symboli, look over there."

Rudolf Symboli, as well as everyone including Maruzensky, Air Groove, and TCB all looked in the direction of Sakura Baimu's finger.

"It's Spica, what's wrong?" Rudolf Symboli wondered.

"Look there." Sakura Baimu pointed at Special Week and Gold Ship.

"It's Miss Gold Ship and Miss Special Week. Is there anything wrong with them?"

Not only Rudolf Symboli was a little confused, but everyone around her, as well as everyone in Spica who noticed the movement on their side, also had puzzled looks on their faces.

Only Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen looked at each other and they both saw a hint of something bad in each other's expressions.

Their trainer is going to get sick in front of the president!


They Sakura Baimu keeping the movement of her fingers pointing at Gold Ship and Special Week, and spoke in a voice that everyone could hear clearly.

"Golden Week."

The originally extremely enthusiastic atmosphere around her suddenly reached freezing point with Sakura Baimu's words.

The voices of the surrounding Umamusume suddenly froze.


All conversation was lost for a moment. It was so quiet that one could even hear the "rustling" sound of the spring breeze blowing through Sakura's petals.

Frozen together with the voice, were the expressions on the faces of everyone except the two parties involved.

This joke is too cold.

The nearest Air Groove seems to be struck by lightning, causing her mouth to open wide with shock on her face.

"Wow, Dia-chan, the president is going to be angry...our Trainer-san seems to be really missing a string in her head..."

Kitasan Black was stunned and whispered to Satono Diamond.

Satono Diamond was about to nod when she suddenly saw Rudolf Symboli in front of her shaking her shoulders, making a "puff" sound, and burst into laughter without holding back.

"You actually got it?!"

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond both looked like they had seen a ghost and screamed in their hearts.

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Chapter 13 Testing Leg Quality

At first, after hearing Sakura Baimu tell a joke that was so cold it made people want to scratch their toes with embarrassment, Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black both looked at Sakura Baimu with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

However, immediately after they heard the "thumping" sound from the stern-looking Rudolf Symboli because she didn't hold back laughing, the two little ones turned to look at Rudolf Symboli with wide eyes.

"What's going on with these two people?!"

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond were horrified, but they didn't dare to ask.

After a while, Rudolf Symboli's laughter gradually slowed down, and she finally calmed down and looked at Sakura Baimu.

But this time, when she looked at Sakura Baimu, her eyes were much less majestic as the president and a little more intimate.

"It's a good joke. I've written it down. Let's use the two of them for promotion during the Golden Week on May 1st."

Gold Ship & Special Week: “???”

Listening to what Rudolf Symboli said, Air Groove's eyes almost fell out of her head.

At this time, Sakura Baimu also received a prompt from the system in a timely manner. 

[Mission accomplished: Make Rudolf Symboli laugh, +100 system points]

[Mission accomplished: Air Groove will never be in a good mood, +50 system points]

"Huh? How come the empress's achievement value increased so little? Is it because she is always in an awful mood?"

Sakura Baimu complained in her mind, though she felt quite satisfied with the task she had completed.

After bidding farewell to Rudolf Symboli and the others, Sakura Baimu took her four team members to their team's activity room.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, just like Spica and Canopus's rooms, with just a few cabinets, a few desks, a whiteboard, and a large long table in the center.

There is a TV on the cabinet next to the whiteboard for studying race videos.

"This is our team's activity room."

Sakura Baimu introduced the two newcomers, Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond.

"Do you still have classes next? After today, I will also start to designate detailed training and competition plans for you."

Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black nodded repeatedly after hearing this. They were full of expectations for the future training but also a little worried.

The expectation is that they know Sakura Baimu is outstanding as a trainer, and they are very much looking forward to their growth under Sakura Baimu.

The worry is, of course, due to what Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen said before.

"Before that, I need to first understand what kind of running style you are suitable for, as well as the distance of the race, and your adaptability to Turf or Dirt."

"Can't I just want to run them all?" Kitasan Black asked.

"Don't bother. Just take your socks off to your heels and I'll know by touching them."

"Eh eh eh eh eh?!"

When Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black heard Sakura Baimu's words, a blush immediately appeared on their cheeks.

Even though Sakura Baimu is also a woman, both of them still feel extremely ashamed.

Especially Satono Diamond.

Her Satono family also belongs to a powerful and famous clan in the Umamusume world.

Satono Diamond is an Umamusume who is regarded as the apple of her family's eye and grew up in an environment of great care.

Her body had not been touched by anyone except her family.

Not even Kitasan Black, who she had played with since childhood.

"No, no, no, no, no, no!"

Satono Diamond blushed and waved her hands repeatedly.

"I haven't let outsiders touch my legs yet. Trainer... Trainer-san, I think it's better to go and run around in person. If you just touch them, you will inevitably make errors in judgment..."

"That's it, it's not a big problem." Sakura Baimu said with a smile.

Satono Diamond heard this and sighed softly, thinking that Trainer-san was so easy to talk to, and she thought Sakura Baimu would not agree.

But she didn't expect to hear Sakura Baimu continue:

"You will live in the same house as Kita-chan from now on. When you are tired from training, she will try often massage you to relieve fatigue. So there is no need to be shy now. After all, I just want to know the quality of your legs."

After hearing Sakura Baimu's words, Satono Diamond's and Kitasan Black's cheeks suddenly turned a little redder than before.

Kitasan Black's tongue trembled in surprise, and her face looked like a ripe apple.

"Trainer-san, how did you know that I can massage? I didn't tell you, did I?"

"Ah, I can tell this kind of thing just by looking. When you were a child, you were often massaged by your mother, right?"

"How did you even know this?!" Kitasan Black asked in shock.

Satono Diamond thought Sakura Baimu was joking at first.

But after hearing that she not only did not deny it but also wondered how Sakura Baimu knew about this matter, she felt the temperature on her cheeks rise a little more.

"Umm...Kita-chan, is what Trainer-san said true?" Satono Diamond looked into Kitasan Black's eyes with red cheeks.

Kitasan Black, on the other hand, glanced at Satono Diamond, then quickly moved her gaze to the side, twisting her fingers together, and there was a hint of trepidation in her voice.

"Yes...ah Dia-chan. I learned the massage techniques from my mother. I also thought about helping Dia-chan with a massage after we are tired from training..."

"Ah!"

Kitasan Black's face became redder and redder as she spoke, and Satono Diamond, who was listening as the person involved, was even more shy to the point where she wanted to cover her face.

By the end, both of them were blushing and unable to say a word.

Sakura Baimu, Tokai Teio, and Mejiro McQueen on the side all had auntie smiles.

Looking at the flushed cheeks of this pair of young Umamusume who had a great relationship, they felt their whole body and mind were healed.

After hesitating for a long time, Satono Diamond raised her eyes to look at Mejiro McQueen and asked in a pinched voice.

"Miss McQueen...did you let Trainer-san touch you before?"

"My legs been touched. I heard that Spica's trainer is like this too. Our Trainer-san is much easier to accept than Spica's Trainer-san, right? That's a male trainer." Mejiro McQueen flipped up her long hair and said nonchalantly.

"What about...Miss Teiō?"

"Touched."

Teiō replied with a voice full of vitality, and there was no shy expression on her face.

"Then...in that case..."

Satono Diamond didn't mind after hearing about Mejiro McQueen, the eldest daughter of the Mejiro family. She felt that if she continued to be coquettish, she might look a bit pretentious and even make Sakura Baimu unhappy.

So she murmured, with an intoxicating flush on her face, and bit by bit, she took off her dark blue knee-high socks with white stripes, revealing her straight and white calves underneath.

"P-please, Trainer-san."

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Chapter 14 Adaptability to Competition

"To be honest, I don't understand it. What's there to be ashamed of?"

Sakura Baimu knelt down halfway and spoke softly.

"As far as I know, it seems that most trainers will touch the legs to confirm various information about an Umamusume. Even during the training and assessment of trainers, there is also a question about touching the legs to identify an Umamusume's characteristics."

As she spoke, she gently squeezed Satono Diamond's fair thighs with both hands.

"The lines of the lower body are very good. It seems the explosive power is very good. You will definitely be able to surpass other Umamusume very easily. In this case, it is more suitable for you to choose a 'bad' running style behind the team and then use your strength in the final stretch."

Sakura Baimu spoke, sliding her hands over Satono Diamond's small knees, and pinched her smooth calf a few times, feeling the full and elastic feedback on her fingertips.

"Eh—"
Satono Diamond shuddered and let out an exclamation.

"Well, the endurance is also good. It feels very similar to McQueen. It seems she can adapt well to medium and long distance tracks."

Sakura Baimu explained, letting go and standing up.

And the red-faced Diamond was finally able to open her eyes and lower her arms that had been raised in front of her chest.

"Normally, you have to figure out what kind of surface you are suitable for, but forget it."

"Why... why? If this is a necessary process... Trainer-san doesn't need to take care of me..."

Satono Diamond's face turned red and she was about to take off her socks.

"No need." Sakura Baimu waved her hand, "Since you two want to achieve higher achievements and achieve results that are equal to or even exceed those of Teiō and McQueen, you must participate in Turf competitions."

"So, whether you two are used to running on Turf or not, you have to work hard to adapt to it."

"So that's it." Satono Diamond suddenly realized, "But Kita-chan and I are both suitable for Turf, so Trainer-san can rest assured."

She pulled up her dark blue stockings that had fallen to her ankles, obviously very happy to hear Sakura Baimu's evaluation of her being similar to that of Mejiro McQueen.

"Yeah."

Sakura Baimu nodded, and suddenly smiled and teased Satono Diamond.

"Speaking of which, Dia-chan doesn't seem to show any resistance to Kita-chan massaging you."

Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen on the side heard Sakura Baimu's words. Both of them widened their eyes and booed in an extremely exaggerated manner.

"Ohhhhhhhh!"

As soon as the cheers started, the three of them saw a cloud of white steam rising from the heads of the two newcomer Umamusume. Their fair faces turned red again, and neither of them said a word.

Sakura Baimu, Tokai Teio, and Mejiro McQueen burst into laughter, and then turned their attention again to the girl with black hair and red eyes, Kitasan Black, who was watching from the side.

Kitasan Black had been staring at Sakura Baimu, and now that she was looking at her, the girl's already red cheeks became a little darker again.

She looked at Tokai Teio, then at Satono Diamond, and took the initiative to take off her stockings.

Sakura Baimu mainly touches the lower body area called the tomo, which refers to the entire area of the umamusume's psoas muscle and the base of the hind legs.

But for an Umamusume, you can clearly know the quality of her legs just by touching the thigh above the knee.

Kitasan's leg lines are also perfect, but her thighs are not as elastic as Diamond's but are tighter.

"The lines of Kitasan are also okay. They are not as elastic as Dia's, but they are tighter. Overall, they are very good."

"Then what position is suitable for me?"

Kitasan Black's cheeks turned red and she lowered her head to ask Sakura Baimu.

"Given the quality of your legs, it's most appropriate to lead from the front. Don't rely on bursts, but rely on your own speed to disrupt the rhythm of all the other Umamusume, and stay in the front position from the beginning until you cross the line."

"Okay~"

Kitasan Black responded.

Sakura Baimu moved her hands to Kitasan Black's calves. After lightly feeling her smooth and tight leg muscles with her fingertips, she nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, there is no problem with the distance. Kita-chan, you are also suitable for medium and long distance runs."

With that said, Sakura Baimu stood up, and Kitasan Black quickly pulled up her stockings.

"There is almost no difference between the two of you in your adaptability to distance. Your adaptability to middle and long distances is very good. Mile races are average. There is no need to run short distance races."

"Understood."

"Got it."

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond nodded, quite happy in their hearts.

Large-scale prize competitions are mostly in the middle and long distances. The two of them are very adaptable to these two distances, which means that both of them have good talents.

"But now there's a problem."

Mejiro McQueen suddenly spoke.

After seeing Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond looking at each other in confusion, she continued. 

"In the case of the Classic Triple Crown, you two will have no problem. But in the case of the Triple Tiara, the Oka Sho is a 1,600 Meter mile event. Both of you have average adaptability to mile events, but you have to run it."

"So, have you decided who's going to run the Tiara?"

Of course, this sentence has another meaning in Sakura Baimu's heart.

That is—have you decided who will be the mare?

Triple Tiara, also known as the Triple Crown for Mares, is a Triple Crown race that only mare umamusume can participate in.

There is a kind of Umamusume in this world called "Elite Umamusume", which is the Umamusume born from the father who won the classic Triple Crown and the mother of the Triple Tiara.

Of course, competitions in the Umamusume world do not differentiate between males and females, but everyone is still used to calling the Umamusume who has obtained the Tiara "Mom".

Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black were stunned at the same time after hearing Mejiro McQueen's words, but after a moment, Satono Diamond took a step forward, put her palms on her chest, and looked at Sakura Baimu with a resolute expression.

"Trainer-san, let me run the Triple Tiara race. Kita-chan wants to always aim for Miss Teiō, and the Classic Triple Crown race should be given to her."

"Dia-chan..."
Kitasan Black was a little moved.

However, Sakura Baimu did not just agree to Satono Diamond's request, but turned her blue eyes to Kitasan Black.

"If I asked you to get the Triple Tiara, would you do it?"

"Huh?"

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond were both stunned.

"Kita-chan, you said your goal is Teiō, so you have to win the Triple Crown of the Classic Triple Crown? It doesn't matter, I respect your decision." Sakura Baimu said.

"Well, I didn't say that I have to become the classic Triple Crown Umamusume... I just want to be as powerful and dazzling as Miss Teiō..."

Kitasan Black murmured a few words, and then looked at Sakura Baimu with a pair of red eyes.

"Trainer-san, what do you think?"

"I personally hope you run the Tiara." Sakura Baimu smiled.

"Okay!"

Kitasan Black nodded heavily.

"Then I'll listen to Trainer-san and run the Triple Tiara race!"

Seeing the pretty and cute girl with short black hair in front of her nodding heavily, Sakura Baimu raised the corner of her mouth and had a bold idea in mind.

She wants Kitasan Black, who is known as the injury-free Tokai Teio in history, to run in a way that is impossible in this world——

High-Intensity Consecutive Races.

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Chapter 15: Consecutive Racing

High-Intensity Consecutive Racing.

This kind of strategy only existed in the Umamusume mobile game in Sakura Baimu's previous life.

As the name suggests, the Umamusume is made to participate in competitions frequently, making the Umamusume obtain a large number of attribute points and experience by relying on competitions.

However, this kind of strategy has high requirements for an Umamusume.

She must have good distance adaptability, and she must be the kind of Umamusume who is tough-minded and not easy to get sick.

Many of Sakura Baimu's items that can be purchased with system points are functionally similar to the props in her previous mobile games.

So she also came up with this idea.

Can competitions be used instead of training, so that Umamusumes can gain competition experience and growth far beyond other Umamusumes?

There is a training method among Umamusume called "side-by-side running".

That is to say, let two Umamusume run side by side to inspire each other's fighting spirit and achieve better training results.

Sakura Baimu occasionally lets Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen run side by side.

In the end, it was found that the results achieved were extremely good.

The effect is much better than regular training.

But the way for Umamusume to grow the fastest is to participate in more formal competitions.

Play against the powerful Umamusume.

Gain more growth and experience in this way.

Generally speaking, different competition schedules and tracks often require Umamusume to spend a lot of time practicing and adapting.

In reality, it is simply impossible to do it.

In the game, you only participate in a game every half a month.

But after getting to know the legs of the two Umamusumes, Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black, Sakura Baimu discovered the overall adaptability of these two Umamusume to distance is higher than that of Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen.

In other words, other Umamusume usually take a long time to get used to the distance, but Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond may only take a very short time to get used to it.

This is a talent unique to both of them.

Good distance adaptability means you can participate in a wider variety of competitions.

There is no need to stick to one type of competition all the time.

In addition, the items she obtains through the system can also quickly restore the physical strength and mood of the Umamusumes, and can also enable the Umamusumes to grow beyond other Umamusumes after participating in competitions.

Tokai Teio suffered three fractures in the anime.

In this life, Sakura Baimu has tried her best to avoid this kind of thing, but in the Arima Kinen showdown between Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen at the end of last year, the two competed with all their strength, but in the end both suffered fractures.

Therefore, Sakura Baimu cannot apply this running method to these two injured Umamusume.

Although her system can also cure diseases, it cannot restore them instantly like in the game.

But Kitasan Black is different!

This one is Tokai Teio but without injuries. Her physical health is comparable to that of a certain "monster".

"Anyway, if there are any bad signs, I'll just stop it in time. Kita-chan and Dia-chan have basically the same adaptability to distance, so they can be used as a control experiment..."

As soon as this idea came up, Sakura Baimu couldn't hold it back and was ready to make a move.

The more she thought about it, the more excited she became, even a little excited.

“In Japan, where the strongest Umamusume is only Rudolf Symboli, who has won seven G1 championships, if an Umamusume suddenly appeared and won ten championships in one year, wouldn’t it shock the whole world?”

Sakura Baimu whispered in her heart, feeling like she could try it.

Of course, this is reality after all, not a game.

There is basically no chance that you can still be ranked first without training at all and relying on crazily eating items.

However, now that she has systematic props and ideas, Sakura Baimu can train the two new Umamusume in two directions.

Let Kitasan Black participate in competitions several times more often than other Umamusume.

Let Satono Diamond participate in training several times more frequently than other Umamusume.

If the theory is feasible, then Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black are likely to achieve extremely terrifying achievements.

Sakura Baimu looked intensely at Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond, two Umamusume who had only been on the team for less than half a day.

She couldn't wait to take out a bunch of green juice and let the two Umamusume train.

Her eager expression was also felt by the two parties involved, Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond, as a chill emanating from deep within.

Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black looked at Sakura Baimu who looked like an eagle that had been hungry for three days, and when they saw the impatient expression like a chicken, they both trembled.

The two of them looked at each other and suddenly began to doubt whether joining Sakura Baimu's team was the right decision.

Sakura Baimu also realized her gaffe at this time, and recovered from her high that had just cultivated two legendary Umamusume again.

She made a fist with her hand and coughed lightly at the side of her mouth.

"Ahem...I will help you two make plans for training and competition tonight. Kita-chan and Dia-chan, although you two have a quarrel with each other, you will eventually become competitors. Just like Teiō and McQueen."

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond looked at each other again and nodded slightly.

"So, my training plan for you two cannot be the same. After all, the competitions you two participate in are also different. Can you accept this?"

"Okay."

"No problem."

The two Umamusume agreed without any hesitation.

"Okay, today you will familiarize yourself with campus life as normal, and training will officially begin tomorrow."

"Okay!"

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond nodded in unison.

Then, Sakura Baimu turned her attention to Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, who were watching the show with either sympathy or a hint of schadenfreude.

"You two!"

"Here!" Mejiro McQueen's body suddenly became upright.

Tokai Teio was startled as she let out an "Oh!"

"You just heard what Rudolf Symboli said. You have all reached a bottleneck. Whoever can break through faster will be able to surpass the other quickly. So in the following days, you two still cannot slack off in training and competition. You must set an example for the younger generations."

"Okay!"

"Understood~"

Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen nodded in agreement.

They are also not satisfied with their current results. After all, they both believe that it is not a victory until they are far behind each other.

"That's it for today, let's disband first."
Sakura Baimu said and took the lead in pushing the door open and walking out.

After she left and the door was closed again, the four members of TCB relaxed their tense bodies.

"Speaking of which, I'm quite looking forward to tomorrow's training," Satono Diamond said with a smile.

"Yeah, Dia-chan, me too."

On the sidelines, Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, who were listening to the two junior Umamusumes' extremely innocent speech that day, looked at each other and understood each other tacitly.

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Chapter 16: A Day in the Life of Sakura Baimu

Sakura Baimu did not go directly to the cafeteria after leaving the TCB activity room. Instead, she studied this year's schedule for several people in the team in the trainer office.

"Dia-chan and Kita-chan will have their debut match in more than two months. With their talents, they should be able to win easily..."

"The focus is still on next year's classic race. Kita-chan is actually not suitable for running mile races. The focus in the early stage is to focus on proficiency in mile races... If she participates in competitions frequently, can she win the Oka Sho next year?"

"The difficulty of the Triple Tiara is actually not bad, but the focus is on the classic Triple Crown... The Satono clan is from a famous family. I don't know what she does specifically, but her talent is indeed not bad, but speed, strength, and luck are all indispensable for the Classic Triple Crown..."

Sakura Baimu was thinking in her mind while typing content quickly on the computer.

"Oh yes, the spring Tenno Sho is again soon. McQueen actually won quite thrillingly last time..."

What Rudolf Symboli said to her before came to Sakura Baimu's mind again.

"Rudolf Symboli said that the strength of Teiō and McQueen cannot be surpassed by the 'ordinary' Umamusume. The ordinary in her mouth must refer to the Umamusume who has not yet opened the Zone."

Sakura Baimu has long known about the existence of the Zone. The inventor of this term is Rudolf Symboli, the "Emperor" who currently reigns at the apex of countless elite Umamusume.

It is also called "the Zone" or "peak experience". In other words, it is a state of super concentration, and the perception of the surroundings will become extremely clear, and it can even block out all surrounding interference.

After entering this state, an Umamusume's strength will skyrocket in an instant.

However, Sakura Baimu only knew of the existence of the Zone and its concept.

As for what kind of experience it is like after entering the Zone, how much strength can be improved, and which fields Umamusume used during the competition, Sakura Baimu is not clear about these.

Because only an Umamusume who knows and enters the Zone can perceive the Zones of other Umamusume.

After Sakura Baimu learned about the concept of the Zone, she got a clue from the memory of her past life.

For example, in the second season of the anime, Rice Shower ended Mejiro McQueen’s three-game winning streak at the Tenno Sho (Spring);

In the end, Tokai Teio surpassed Biwa Hayahide in the Arima Kinen and won the Arima Kinen;

Tamamo Cross's Arima Kinen race against Oguri Cap from her retirement war...

These Umamusumes who have left a profound mark on the history of Umamusume are all inseparable from the Zone.

The method of unlocking it can be simply summarized in eight words: "break through yourself and prove yourself".

However, after Sakura Baimu became a trainer herself, she realized how difficult this is.

Since Sakura Baimu can purchase support items through the system, the training effect of her Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen is far superior to that of Umamusume in the same class.

Coupled with the fact that Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen are already extremely talented, and with such hard training, it is difficult to find opponents even among the Umamusume who have not yet retired in the high school.

This leads to the problem that Teiō and McQueen's Umamusume career has been so smooth that there have been few bumps in the road.

"Sure enough, being too smooth may not necessarily be a good thing..."

Sakura Baimu sighed. When she closed the computer, she suddenly found that the window was filled with twilight, and the room was even darker.

She often loses track of time after getting into work mode. She was going to have lunch right after work, but now she realizes that she didn't even have dinner.

Sakura Baimu suddenly regretted not getting Akikawa's carrots. The cafeteria was closed at this time, and she could only buy dinner at the convenience store.

She bought two boxes of discounted lunch boxes at a convenience store and carried them back to her rented wooden apartment.

After finishing the not-so-delicious bento, the time on the clock already pointed to eleven o'clock at night.

For most people, this time is already the time to fall asleep.

But for Sakura Baimu, her life has just begun.

She threw the lunch box into the trash bag and then took off the black straight pants that covered her long legs.

After the straight trousers were taken off, a blue tail magically appeared below her waist.

Sakura Baimu put on sweatpants with a special opening for the tail at the tailbone, and then took off the black jacket and vest on her upper body and the white undershirt underneath.

But at this time, a pair of blue ears that were the same color as her tail suddenly appeared on her head, which was originally nothing but the long black hair that blended into the night.

This is Sakura Baimu's original appearance. She is not human, but an Umamusume.

She relied on the system-enhanced clothes to hide her ears and tail, making her look just like a normal human being.

Sakura Baimu, who had changed her clothes, rummaged through her home to find a bottle of nutrient solution that she had also spent system points on to have a strengthening effect, and drank it in one gulp.

Feeling her strength slightly restored, she put the hood of her hoodie over her head, then went out and started running along the path specially provided for Umamusume on the road outside.

After all, her system couldn't directly change her body, it could only cover up her features as an Umamusume.

So in order to prevent the fact that she is also an Umamusume from being exposed, Sakura Baimu would always pick a time like late at night when there are few people around, put on a hood, and start running.

During the day, she trains Umamusume at Tracen Academy as a human trainer.

Waiting until late at night, Sakura Baimu will return to her original form and exercise day after day to prevent her physical fitness from declining.

The Umamusume-dedicated road in the city has a speed limit of fifty kilometers per hour, so even if there is no one around late at night, Sakura Baimu cannot let go and run wildly.

But this speed is enough for Sakura Baimu to exercise her physical strength.

In addition, Sakura Baimu will also take time to exercise on the Tracen Academy track late at night. At that time, she can run wildly and increase her speed.

Unlike the time when she was a human in her previous life and couldn't run without wearing headphones, making her feel bored whenever she did aerobic exercise, now reborn as an Umamusume, Sakura really enjoys being able to run at night.

Time passed quickly amidst Sakura Baimu's even breathing, and in the blink of an eye, the sky turned fish-belly white.

The chirping of birds comes and goes, revealing that a new day has begun.

Sakura Baimu finally returned home. After frowning and drinking a whole glass of extremely unpleasant green juice, she went to the bathroom to take a shower.

The warm water sprayed from the shower washed away the sweat on Sakura Baimu's body, and finally turned into water droplets, flowing down to the ground along her clear-cut, smooth, and well-proportioned body.

Life as a trainer did not leave any excess fat on Sakura Baimu's body. On the contrary, because she had an additional job during the day, she lost more time to rest.

After a while, Sakura Baimu dried herself and came out of the bathroom, stared at herself in the mirror, and pulled her long black hair to her chest.

If you look carefully, you can see that the ink-like hair becomes lighter in color towards the roots. Finally, about a millimeter of black hair is the same blue color as the tail and her ears.

"I have to buy hair dye again. It's really expensive... Now that there are two new people in the team, the cost of buying teacup cakes, nutritional drinks, green juice, etc. will double again..."

Sakura Baimu complained to herself, her slightly frowning eyebrows not diminishing her bright eyes at all.

The props purchased by the system can only attach their effects to things in reality, so she still needs to spend money in reality to buy things for Umamusume to eat.

After Sakura Baimu changed into her trainer's clothes again, she took her things and walked towards Tracen Academy.

Her three meals a day are usually served in the cafeteria of Tracen College, which can reduce a lot of expenses.

As she walked, she looked up at the sky and counted the days in her mind.

"There are still two years until the suspension ends."

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Chapter 17 The Protagonist’s Exclusive Seat

In the afternoon of that day, after the morning class, the four members of TCB came to the team's activity room and prepared to start the afternoon training.

"Good afternoon, Trainer-san."

"Trainer-san is good~"

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond greeted Sakura Baimu with energetic voices.

These two little Umamusume who had just entered school arrived earlier than Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen.

"Hello, have you finished lunch?"
Sakura Baimu also smiled and greeted Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond.

"It's done," Satono Diamond replied.

“The cafeteria at Tracen College is really delicious. It has everything in unlimited quantities,” Kitasan Black said with a smile.

"Just finishing eating is good. Our training time is very tight. If you don't eat enough, you may not have enough strength to support the two of you training until dinner time."

Sakura Baimu said casually, then took out two printed documents and placed them in front of Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond.

"Take a look, this is the game plan I customized for you two this year. For Dia-chan, it will focus on strengthening training, while for Kita-chan, your training time will be shorter than Dia-chan's, and there will be more races."

"Okay."

"Thank you, Trainer-san."

After Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black thanked Sakura Baimu, they both picked up their respective training and game plans and looked through them.

Satono Diamond had no objection to the above arrangement, but Kitasan Black was suddenly stunned after looking through it a few times.

She showed a look of disbelief, flipped the plan to the front, and then read it carefully again.

After watching it for the second time, Kitasan Black's cute and energetic face was already full of surprise.

"Kita-chan, what's wrong?"

Satono Diamond looked around in confusion, and then she was stunned when she saw the plan in Kitasan Black's hand.

Because she saw that the races Sakura Baimu arranged for Kitasan were twice as many as hers.

"Train... Trainer-san, is this 'a little more' you meant?"
Kitasan Black looked surprised.

"Dia-chan and I will have our debut match at the end of June, right? Counting the debut match, Trainer-san, you have arranged a total of six matches for me... that's one match a month. Are you serious?"

Satono Diamond was shocked again when she heard Kitasan Black's words. Sakura Baimu had only arranged three games for her, but she didn't expect that Kitasan Black would actually have twice as many games as her.

"Really, but don't be surprised. It doesn't matter if you don't train enough. What I said is mainly to accumulate competition experience and prepare for the Oka Sho next April. After all, your feet are not suitable for running mile races. If you want to adapt as soon as possible, you can't train leisurely like this."
Sakura Baimu explained.

"Okay... let's do it."

Kitasan Black's teeth were chattering a bit.

Competing once a month since her debut? Let alone training, it may be difficult to adapt to the new venue.

She could even predict that when she participated in competitions in the future, she would run an unachievable result due to insufficient training and not adapting to the venue.

"Kita-chan." Sakura Baimu saw Kitasan Black's hesitation, so she called out, "If you have any opinions about the schedule, you can raise them at any time. If you must aim for the undefeated triple crown, then I can help you customize the plan."

When Kitasan Black heard Sakura Baimu's words, her ears suddenly twitched and her heart was slightly touched.

When she was having lunch today, there was a senior Umamusume sitting at the next table who looked very serious. There was a glowing blue earring at the base of her right ear, and a robot-like signal receiver on the other side.

Kitasan Black recognized her as Mihono Bourbon who had nearly won the Triple Crown before.

During her chat with Mihono Bourbon, she learned that Mihono Bourbon's trainer is very serious, and the training tasks and plans he formulated cannot be changed by Mihono Bourbon.

Although Mihono Bourbon did not have any intention of disobeying her trainer, Kitasan Black felt that if Mihono Bourbon disobeyed the instructions given by her trainer, she would probably be reprimanded by her trainer.

Regarding the schedule and training arrangements, Umamusume are definitely not as good as a trainer who has received professional training and examinations before entering the Central Tracen Academy.

Therefore, there is absolutely no need for Sakura Baimu to listen to her opinion as a talented trainer who has already trained two of the strongest Umamusume in the previous class.

Kitasan Black certainly had no problem with Sakura Baimu's plan; she was just shocked after seeing so many matches.

But what she didn't expect was that after Sakura Baimu saw her expression, she directly said that she could modify the training and competition plans according to her wishes.

Kitasan Black felt that the distance between her and Sakura Baimu had been shortened for a moment.

Sakura Baimu's respect for her made Kitasan Black feel extremely helped and even a little touched.

Sakura Baimu is really much easier to talk to and kinder than other trainers.

Kitasan Black raised her right arm and made a movement like a bodybuilder showing off her biceps. She shook her head slightly, smiled at Sakura Baimu and spoke.

"It's okay, Trainer-san. I'll just follow your arrangements, and I will do my best to respond to your expectations. Even though I have just joined the team, my physical strength and strength are second to none!"

"Okay, let's proceed like this first. If you feel uncomfortable later, please tell me at any time. Don't worry about making me feel dissatisfied. Keeping your thoughts in your heart may cause big problems."

"Okay!" Kitasan Black nodded heavily.

"You two wait a little longer until Teiō and McQueen arrive, and then we'll go training."

Sakura Baimu took out her phone and checked the time. She felt that Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen were coming soon, so she continued chatting with the two newcomers.

This is an essential part of fostering the relationship between trainer and Umamusume.

"By the way, you have started your normal classes in the morning, right? How is it? Where are the positions of you two assigned?"

"Dia-chan was assigned to the corner seat in the last row by the window, and I was next to her."
Satono Diamond, who was sitting elegantly on the chair in the activity room, replied softly.

"Hey, this is the special place for the protagonist and heroine. You're lucky, Kita-chan."

Sakura Baimu smiled and patted Kitasan Black on the shoulder, making her and Satono Diamond a little confused.

"The people who sit in your position are all outstanding Umamusume, Kita-chan. As far as I know, the people who sit in this position include Teiō, Special Week, and Oguri Cap. You must also know their records, so I say you are lucky."

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Chapter 18 Start Training

While Sakura Baimu was chatting with Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond, the door of the TCB activity room was pushed open again.

"Good afternoon, Trainer-san~" Tokai Teio's voice, always full of energy, sounded in the small activity room.

"Good afternoon, trainer. And you two."

Mejiro McQueen, who acted as dignified and elegant as everyone else's daughter, walked in behind her and said hello to several people in the room.

"Okay, everyone is here. Our team has finally grown to four members, so congratulations," Sakura Baimu said with a smile at several people.

"Let's talk about the next training plan first. It's the spring Tenno Sho in a few days. McQueen, you were injured and have been slacking for a while, so you must hurry up and train."

"Okay." Mejiro McQueen nodded solemnly. She also attaches great importance to the spring Tenno Sho.

"I'm afraid this competition won't be much easier than the last time. You should have heard the news. Mihono Bourbon, who has been resting for a long time. She will also participate in the spring Tenno Sho this time. She has trained longer than you, so I judge that her strength should not be weaker than the last time, like Rice Shower."

"No matter who it is, I will win."

Although Mejiro McQueen sounded indifferent, after hearing that Mihono Bourbon would be participating, her expression became obviously more solemn.

"After Tenno Sho, it's Takarazuka Kinen. Both Takarazuka Kinen and Arima Kinen are competitions that rely on audience votes to obtain quotas. You must prepare well for the Takarazuka Kinen in June."

"Got it, Trainer-san."

Tokai Teio smiled sweetly and turned to look at Mejiro McQueen.

"If you vote, McQueen should also get a place in the competition, right?"

"Of course." Mejiro McQueen flipped up her hair, "After winning the Spring Tenno Sho, I will also go to the Takarazuka Kinen. You have to be careful, Teiō."

"I was afraid that you would lose to me like yesterday," Tokai Teio smiled.

"Stop, wait until I finish..." Sakura Baimu was speechless. Seeing that the two were about to start fighting each other again, she quickly interrupted.

"The second half of June is not only the Takarazuka Kinen, but also the debut match for the two of you. You two must win this match, otherwise if you don't win first place and have to compete in the unbeaten match, then all plans will be disrupted."

After hearing this, Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond nodded repeatedly, feeling that time was running out from the bottom of their hearts.

"OK, then let's do this for now. Teiō, you go and take Kita to do speed training, and McQueen, you go and take Dia to do endurance training. After the two of them are proficient, you can go to separate training."

"Okay."

"Understood."

Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen each agreed, and they all left the activity room and started walking towards the track of Tracen Academy.

--

After training for more than an hour, Sakura Baimu saw that the two newcomers, Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black, were obviously exhausted.

Although Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen did not follow their own rhythm when training with their two junior Umamusume and deliberately slowed down their current speed and rhythm, the gap between Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen and the two junior Umamusume is too big. It is a lot easier for them to train.

For Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond, it is completely an area they have never set foot in.

"Kita-chan, Dia-chan, you two come here!"

Sakura Baimu shouted to the two of them, and then gave a gesture to Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, instructing them to resume their original training.

Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen both put their hands on the shoulders of their junior Umamusume, and after casting sympathetic glances at Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond respectively, they went to do their own training.

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond panted and trotted all the way to Sakura Baimu's side, and then they both put their hands on their knees and began to pant there.

"The lungs... the lungs are going to explode..." Satono Diamond clutched her chest and gasped wildly.

"Tei... Miss Teiō is really amazing. After more than an hour of such intense training, she is still the same as usual, and even her breath is not disordered. I... can I really reach the level of Miss Teiō?"

Kitasan Black had some doubts about life. After a short training, she finally realized the huge gap between herself and Tokai Teio.

"Come on, you two, drink this."
Sakura Baimu smiled and took out two bottles of something similar to nutrient solution.

The small black translucent bottles were wrapped in a wrapper with the slogan "Nutritional Drink" written on them.

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond had both heard about Sakura Baimu’s training methods from Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen yesterday.

In short, a lot of drinks and food will be given to them during the training process to help them recover their strength.

The two took the nutritional drink from Sakura Baimu and began to observe what was written on the bottle.

"It looks no different from the nutritional drinks you can usually buy in convenience stores. Is it really so effective?"

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond were both a little skeptical. They have seen this kind of thing more or less.

There is definitely a slight effect, but it takes effect very slowly, and there is no way to continue training after drinking it.

"Just looking at it is useless. You have to drink it yourself to know the effect."

Hearing Sakura Baimu's urging, the two of them no longer hesitated, uncorked the bottle with a "pop" sound, and then both drank the liquid in the bottle.

The taste of the nutritional drink was quite good.

Although it was not as good as a normal drink, it was not so unpleasant that it would be difficult for them to swallow it.

The most important thing is that at the moment when the refreshing drink flowed down their throats, Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond were surprised to find that their fatigue was reduced by more than half.

The crazy breathing that was like a bellows just now calmed down a lot in an instant, and their breathing gradually returned to normal.

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond both widened their two pairs of eyes, one red and one gold, in surprise.

They looked at the nutrient solution in their hands and then at Sakura Baimu, feeling something indescribable.

"Trainer-san, isn't this amazing? Why does it work so quickly!" Kitasan Black exclaimed.

"I've had something similar before, and it felt very slow to take effect. Why is Trainer-san's so magical?!" Satono Diamond also covered her mouth and cried out in surprise.

"It works well, right?"
Sakura Baimu laughed softly, feeling very satisfied with the surprised expressions of the two.

"Okay, you can continue training."

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Chapter 19: Tenno Sho (Spring), Start

Time flew by during the training of several people at TCB, and in the blink of an eye, it was Tenno Sho (Spring) in late April.

On this day, Sakura Baimu brought Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond to the audience at the stadium early.

While cheering for Mejiro McQueen, she also wanted to let the two newcomer Umamusume who just joined the team feel the tense atmosphere of the G1 competition.

A few days ago, Sakura Baimu would give them nutritional drinks, but in the next few days, she refused to provide them because they were too expensive and not cost-effective, so she replaced them all with green juice.

This time, the two little Umamusume who had just entered school truly experienced what hell is.

Today, the two newcomers finally had a chance to escape from Sakura Baimu's horrible green juice and cupcakes, and they couldn't be more happier.

Sakura Baimu knew that Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond had basically watched all the matches between Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen at the scene.

However, at that time, they were just ordinary fans and spectators, and they were not able to fully appreciate the intense competitive atmosphere among elite Umamusume from all walks of life.

"You two, take a good look at McQueen's race this time. Remember, you two are McQueen's teammates, not her fans," Sakura Baimu said to Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond.

"Okay!"

Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond both nodded nervously. They had already felt a different, tense atmosphere before the race even started.

The main reason that gave them this feeling was probably that they were about to stand on the field as players, not just as spectators who needed to cheer in the audience.

--

In the players' resting room, Tokai Teio looked at Mejiro McQueen who was tying her white boots unhurriedly, and teased. 

"McQueen looks really relaxed, as if she has victory in her hands."

"Yes, Teiō, just wait for my victory in the audience."

Mejiro McQueen looked up and smiled faintly at Tokai Teio, her usual confident expression on her face.

"Bourbon recovered earlier than McQueen. She is also participating this time. McQueen, you have to be careful and not be too careless."

"But didn't she lose to Rice Shower in the Kikuka Sho?"

"Although that is the case, Bourbon is really an opponent that cannot be underestimated. After all, she almost won the Triple Crown. Moreover, it was also Bourbon who made Rice Shower recover her desire to compete."

"I know, I won't be careless."

Mejiro McQueen recalled the beast-like pressure from Rice Shower that she had felt up close several times during last year’s Tenno Sho.

She never expected that this kind of terrifying pressure that was going to tear her apart would come from Rice Shower who usually looked soft and frail.

"So it was because of Bourbon..." Mejiro McQueen muttered.

"McQueen, what did you say?"

"It's okay." Mejiro McQueen stood up and shook her head. "I'm going, Teiō."

"Well, good luck. I'll be in the audience with Trainer-san and Kita-chan and Dia-chan, cheering for you, McQueen."

Tokai Teio tilted her head and smiled, looking very cute.

--

At the same time, in another player's lounge.

Mihono Bourbon wore an extremely technological racing uniform. She's doing her final preparations before the race.

“Bourbon…”

Rice Shower, who has long hair covering her eyes and a hat embroidered with blue roses on her head, was clenching her hands uneasily on her chest, and her tone was trembling.

"Inspection completed. Condition is in excellent condition."

Mihono Bourbon let out a small breath and stood up.

"Bourbon, do your best! But please pay attention to safety this time. Rice doesn't want to see Bourbon injured again," Rice Shower encouraged Mihono Bourbon.

Mihono Bourbon walked to Rice Shower's side after hearing this, and a smile appeared on her beautiful face, which rarely showed expression fluctuations.

She stretched out a hand and gently touched Rice Shower's extremely white cheek and said in a rare gentle tone.

"This sentence from Rice is enough. I will work hard."

"Miss McQueen is very strong..."

Mihono Bourbon's touch made Rice Shower's tension ease a little. She also reached out and gently placed her palm on Mihono Bourbon's hand on her cheek.

"Rice shouldn't worry. I have seen your training before, which makes you correct. McQueen is very strong. If I want to be stronger than her, I must defeat her mentally. I have also strengthened my training in this area. Coupled with this period of training with my Master, I can feel that I am stronger than before."

"Bourbon, do your best!"

"Well, thank you, Rice."

Mihono Bourbon smiled softly again, slowly took back the hand on Rice Shower's cheek, then opened the door and walked out of the player preparation room.

The moment she opened the door and left the preparation room, the gentle smile that Mihono Bourbon showed when facing Rice Shower disappeared in an instant.

She once again returned to the expressionless look that countless people suspected of being robotic.

"Rice, you are my hero. After being defeated by you last time, I have been working hard to defeat you. The person who took away your dream—this time, I am here to defeat her for you."

Mihono Bourbon looked resolute as she looked at the white figure in front of her and walked step by step toward that place.

Mejiro McQueen in front of her suddenly raised her eyebrows, as if she felt the pressure from behind again.

She looked back and saw Mihono Bourbon walking step by step. This feeling was very similar to the Rice Shower she had competed with in the Tenno Sho (Spring) a year ago.

Mejiro McQueen once again felt the palpitations and nervousness that made her uneasy. She looked at Mihono Bourbon walking step by step with surprise on her face and was a little shocked by the changes that had taken place in her.

Mihono Bourbon walked past Mejiro McQueen's side without looking back and was greeted with enthusiastic cheers from the audience during the announcer's introduction.

"Now on the scene is the 3rd favorite, Mihono Bourbon."

"She has temporarily left our sight since she was injured in the Kikuka Sho last time."

"She's an Umamusume who won the Satsuki Sho and the Japanese Derby championship who is making made a comeback after a year and a half and has been anticipated by many fans."

"Speaking of which, the last Umamusume to win the Triple Crown from her was Rice Shower."

The commentator interjected.

"Yes. But Rice Shower already lost to Mejiro McQueen in last spring's Tenno Sho. I wonder how Mihono Bourbon will perform this time?"

During the introduction by the live broadcaster and commentator, Mihono Bourbon walked to the lawn in front of the gate with an expressionless face.

"The one who appears now is the 2nd favorite, Biwa Hayahide."

"She unfortunately finished third in last year's Arima Kinen, but there are still great expectations for her outstanding ability."

"There are two from BNW this time, and Narita Brian is also participating in Tenno Sho (Spring) this time."

Mejiro McQueen stood there and took a few deep breaths to dispel the pressure that Mihono Bourbon had brought to her.

A confident smile appeared on her face again, and then she stepped out gently.

"Of course, the one that attracts the most attention is Umamusume, the only Tenno Sho (Spring) winning streak record holder in history—Mejiro McQueen!"

Along with the announcer's introduction, there were cheers from the entire audience that were several times more enthusiastic than when Mihono Bourbon and Biwa Hayahide came on the stage.

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Chapter 20: Enter the Gate and Start Running

Mejiro McQueen is the well-deserved protagonist of the Spring Tenno Sho. She is the only Umamusume in history who has won the Tenno Sho (Spring) consecutive championship, and the record of consecutive championships has been maintained to this day.

Her appearance attracted the attention of the audience the entire time.

It can be said that more than 60% of the audience present came for Mejiro McQueen.

"The absolute overlord of the Spring Tenno Sho, the much-anticipated star Mejiro McQueen has finally made her appearance. She has overwhelming strength in long-distance events. What kind of competition will she bring to us this time?"

The live broadcaster's tone could not conceal the anticipation for Mejiro McQueen, and with her introduction, the audience once again burst into enthusiastic cheers.

"We are all curious: can Mejiro McQueen maintain her record of dominating the Tenno Sho, and what kind of results will she achieve in the end?"

The commentator, who didn't talk much, spoke at the right time, but her simple words were able to arouse the passion in the hearts of every audience member present.

"G1 Tenno Sho (Spring)'s ensemble."

"Every Umamusume has started to enter the gate."

--

"Miss Teiō~"

On the side, while Sakura Baimu and Satono Diamond stared nervously at Mejiro McQueen in the arena, Kitasan Black spotted Tokai Teio. She raised an arm high and waved to Tokai Teio.

"Trainer-san."
Tokai Teio approached the three and greeted Sakura Baimu.

"How is Ms. McQueen doing?" Satono Diamond, a fan of Mejiro McQueen, is very concerned about the status of her idol at the moment.

"McQueen looks good," Tokai Teio smiled and gave Satono Diamond and Kitasan Black a reassuring reply.

"That's good~" Satono Diamond patted her already sizable chest and felt a little relieved.

"You actually don't need to worry about McQueen. This is her fourth time participating in the Spring Tenno Sho. No one has more experience in this competition than her," Tokai Teio smiled.

Sakura Baimu frowned slightly when she heard Tokai Teio's words, but her eyes did not look at her teammates.

Instead, she kept looking at Mihono Bourbon, who was wearing an extremely eye-catching racing uniform on the field.

"McQueen will definitely be able to perfectly display her abilities in the race. If there are any variables in the outcome, they will be with the other Umamusume."

"Huh? What does Trainer-san mean?" Satono Diamond looked over.

"This time, it can be said that there are really strong players. Not only are there Biwa Hayahide and Narita Brian, two members of BNW, but there are also strong players from Canopus like Matikane Tannhauser and Nice Nature."

Tokai Teio gave a reminder, indicating that the opponents Mejiro McQueen needs to pay attention to in this competition are not just Mihono Bourbon.

"The others are fine, but I always feel that Mihono Bourbon is the one that needs the most attention. Her aura is a bit higher than Rice Shower's," Sakura Baimu frowned and stared at Mihono Bourbon as she said slowly.

"Rice Shower...it was such a pity last time."

Tokai Teio also cast a few more glances at Mihono Bourbon in the venue. Although Rice Shower was not a member of their TCB, she still felt a little sorry for her.

"Let's watch now," Sakura Baimu reminded the Umamusume quickly when she saw that the Umamusume were getting ready to start.

"The last time I felt like this, Rice Shower broke through the Zone. Could it be that Mihono Bourbon also..." Sakura Baimu frowned slightly, having a bad premonition.

Of course, she couldn't be sure whether her hunch was accurate.

After all, she was not an Umamusume who had entered the Zone.

"Come on, McQueen!!"

"Fourth consecutive hegemony!!"

Several people around Sakura Baimu all cheered for McQueen on the field.

--

"Although there was a slight problem when Mejiro McQueen entered the gate in the last Tenno Sho (Spring) competition, it seems to be going very smoothly this time."

When the narrator saw Mejiro McQueen did not show an inability to enter the gate due to nervousness like last time, her tone was obviously more reassuring.

But in reality, Mejiro McQueen was not as calm as the commentator said.

This time she was assigned to the inner lane No. 4, while Mihono Bourbon was assigned to the innermost lane No. 1.

Mejiro McQueen did not have any problems when entering the gate, and there was no nervousness on her face as shown last time.

But her attention always drifted involuntarily to Mihono Bourbon, the one on the innermost track, who was always expressionless like a robot.

The tension Mihono Bourbon brought her this time was far less intense and scary than that from Rice Shower last time, but Mejiro McQueen felt a kind of restraint and pressure from Mihono Bourbon next to her.

This feeling is like a volcano that has been accumulating for a long time, suppressed to the extreme and may erupt at any time.

Although Mihono Bourbon's aura is not as beast-like and tearing as Rice Shower's, and she is two lanes away from Mejiro McQueen, it still makes Mejiro McQueen very concerned.

"The 3200-meter track tests endurance and strength. Everyone is familiar with the Kyoto venue."

"Now, all 15 Umamusume have entered the gate."

"Tenno Sho (Spring), now..."

"It's begun!"

The gate suddenly opened, and fifteen Umamusume rushed out one after another.

"Mejiro McQueen had a very good start. She seems to be very familiar with the Kyoto venue."

"Come on, McQueen!!" Several members of TCB shouted in unison.

"This time, the leader is indeed Mihono Bourbon, who has returned from a year-long break."

"It is her consistent tactic to leave all Umamusume far behind at the beginning of the race and lead until the end."

"Following just outside Mihono Bourbon is Mejiro McQueen. Her strength and mentality are extremely outstanding, and she will never let others disrupt her rhythm."

"Wait a minute! Matikane Tannhauser and Biwa Hayahide on the left and right of Mejiro McQueen also wanted to grab 1st. They are so fast that they have already surpassed Mejiro McQueen!"

Mejiro McQueen is better at running in the Front. She can control it well whether she is leading or taking the lead.

But if there is a professional leading Umamusume like Narita Brian or Mihono Bourbon in the competition, Mejiro McQueen will choose to follow closely and wait until the end of the race to start to exert force.

However, this time Mejiro McQueen’s opponent is not only the leading Mihono Bourbon.

Biwa Hayahide and Matikane Tannhauser, who are also accustomed to running in the 1st place, are also eyeing the outstanding Umamusume, Mejiro McQueen.

Mejiro McQueen’s eyes closely followed Mihono Bourbon, who was leading the race at the front, but she did not expect that the ones on both sides, Matikane Tannhauser and Biwa Hayahide teached a silent consensus.

"These two have actually reached a consensus. They will not hesitate to spend more energy in the start to block the Front Runner position from me?!"

Mejiro McQueen frowned. She looked at Matikane Tannhauser and Biwa Hayahide who were immediately ahead of her on the left and right of her track, and felt a little troubled.