I, the horse racing girl, really didn’t sprint!

"Probably, I'll just do my best to make it to the winner's stage, and try to be the only one there."

At Tresen Academy, Barbatos answered reporters' questions during their pre-match interviews.

Reporters' flashlights kept flashing in response to Barbatos's answer. In this era of talented racehorse girls, Barbatos, who had just defeated Condor, another world prodigy, and was heading towards the long-distance race, was undoubtedly the center of hot topics.

Even though Barbatos' words this time seemed very low-key.

She was actually just trying to make sure she was on the winner's stage, so that she would be the only one on the winner's stage.

You have to know that Barbatos is the undefeated horse girl except for the Winter Dream Cup, she is the Narita Shirahito and the good opera of this era!

Uh……

After a while of flashing, the flash gradually stopped.

The reporters who had been keeping a low profile about the death of Barbatos gradually came to their senses.

Low key?

What the hell is low-key!

Securing the winner's stage means being in the top three, which is nothing.

Even though Barbatos had never participated in a long-distance race, and even though some people had commented on his lack of physical strength before, after the Sakura Viewing Battle, everyone saw Barbatos's superior strength, and his physical strength problems seemed to have been alleviated.

Even if it is no longer within his own distance suitability, it shouldn't be a big problem to be in the top three of the Emperor's Award, right?

Just the last sentence!

She is the only one on the winner's stage!

In other words, Barbatos' goal is to leave the other horse girls 10 miles ahead in the Emperor's Prize and achieve a complete victory, so that she can monopolize the winner's stage.

What kind of confidence is this!

As the reporters came to their senses, the flashes began to flash faster.

Barbatos, who was "flashing", didn't care. The pre-match interview itself was a place for trash talk. This was her understanding of the pre-match interview.

If you don't even dare to say harsh words before the game, doesn't that mean you have no confidence in the game?

Moreover, self-confidence does not mean contempt. She had also made full preparations for the Emperor's Award and even specifically consulted Tamamo Cross.

"Barbatos, regarding the matter of monopolizing the winner's stage, do you think that Mejiro Komiya can't pose a threat to you?"

A reporter stood up and asked.

In Japan, the pre-race interviews with Umamusume are usually very formal, so the reporters from various newspapers also appear to be more formal, but when facing Barbatos, they as reporters naturally let go.

"Threats have happened in the past, right?"

Barbatos was silent for a while before she spoke. She and Xingyun Tiankong had also studied the previous matches of Mejiro Guangming. If such an opponent was placed in the three distance suitabilities of Short English, it could be said that he did not pose any threat.

However, the Mejiro family is definitely an opponent that cannot be ignored in terms of their adaptability to long distances, and Mejiro Mitsuaki has also demonstrated this in previous competitions.

Wow~

Barbatos' answer made the reporters at the scene exclaim in surprise. Has Mubai Guangming no longer posed a threat to him?

of course not.

But if I say yes at this time, wouldn’t that be too low of a statement?

If she can't even declare victory, and can't even be arrogant verbally, then why is she practicing and working hard? Don't all the previous victories seem fake?

She, Barbatos, has always been low-key and humble since experiencing the Winter Dream Cup.

But that is based on when facing the legendary horse girl. When facing the predecessors, if you can't show your confidence and pride when facing your peers, how can you be called a genius of the world?

A reporter close to the Mejiro family stepped forward, coughed twice, and couldn't help but say, "It's said that the Mejiro family's ancestor personally coached Mejiro Mitsuaki in this Spring Emperor's Award. I'm sure that compared to the previous competition, Mejiro Mitsuaki must have made great progress."

The implication is that at the Spring Emperor Award, Mejiro Mitsuaki will definitely not be as harmless as Barbatos said, but will be a strong rival to Barbatos.

Of course, this reporter is not trying to prove anything for the Mejiro family. The truth of a competitive match is of course revealed on the field. If Barbatos wins the Emperor's Prize, these reporters will also be excited to see it happen. Everyone wants to witness the emergence of another Rudolf symbol.

I said this simply because of the reporter's instinct, and I wanted to try to see if I could bring up a more explosive topic.

"Guidance from the Mejiro family's ancestor?"

Barbatos was stunned for a moment. How come even the ancestor came out?

This is modern society, not some fantasy cultivation world. What the hell is the point of the Mejiro family's ancestor personally guiding us?

Who was the patriarch of the Mejiro family? How many G1 victories did they have? Was it a triple crown or a spring-autumn championship?

Although I don't know much about the ancestor of the Mejiro family, that old man can't replace Mejiro Mitsuaki to compete.

Seeing that Barbatos didn't seem to know much about the old ancestor, the reporter asked, "Have you heard of the story of the tortoise and the hare?"

“Yes.”

Barbatos nodded as a matter of course.

Not to mention this world, even she had heard of it in her previous life before she traveled through time. Who hasn't heard of the story of the tortoise and the hare?

Even on the Internet, you can find the story of the tortoise and the hare with a simple search.

A hare and a tortoise were racing. The hare was already very fast, but the tortoise was taking a long time to catch up, so the hare took a nap before the finish line. During this nap, the tortoise took advantage of the hare's time to overtake it.

This story tells us that we should never be proud. To achieve ultimate success, we must work hard. Pride makes people fall behind, while humility makes people progress.

To put it simply, hard work can surpass talent.

Rock Lee gave a hard stomp!

The ancestor of the Mejiro family probably had mediocre talent and relied on hard work to defeat one or more famous horse girls, right?

After figuring this out, Barbatos pondered for two seconds, then looked at the reporter, "So, did the ancestor of the Mejiro family defeat Bai Ren-senpai? Or did he defeat Maruzen-senpai?"

"Cough cough..."

The reporter coughed twice and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

He told the story of the tortoise and the hare. Wasn't the advice given by the ancestor of the Mejiro family about the tortoise and the hare race, with the tortoise looking at the finish line and the hare looking at the tortoise?

How does it have anything to do with beating Narita Hakuhito or Maruzenski??!

Chapter 235 Spica's New Member

Canopus team house.

The operational meeting regarding the Spring Emperor's Award had just concluded. This meeting, which lasted for a full half hour, failed to come to any conclusion.

It would be more accurate to say that Canopus' teammates were discussing the meaning of the term "the tortoise and the hare."

The existence of the Mejiro family's ancestors was still too far away for a newly formed team like theirs, and even Minamisaka, the trainer, did not understand it.

Dai Jianshiju held his cheeks with his hands, recalled the half-hour combat meeting, and looked at Barbatos.

"Then why didn't you ask that reporter before?"

For the reporter who came up with the concept of the tortoise and the hare, it must be the meaning of the tortoise and the hare race.

In fact, just talking about the Spring Emperor's Award, everyone in the Taikan Poetry Drama and Canopus had full confidence in Barbatos. The main purpose of the combat meeting was curiosity about what the story of "The Tortoise and the Hare" represented to the ancestor of the Mejiro family.

"It's not easy to ask. He definitely won't tell you."

Barbatos shrugged. He had too little social experience in poetry and drama, so he hadn't thought of anything more.

Xingyun Tiankong, who had just woken up next to him, rubbed his eyes. He understood what was being discussed after hearing just a few words and added.

"If we know about the tortoise and the hare race, it's okay for that reporter to tell it."

"But we didn't know that if he told us, he would be revealing his tactics."

Before the game, the teams also collected information about each other, not only live videos of previous games, but also recent practice situations.

Studying the opponent's tactics and current practice situation is a common practice among horse girls.

But this kind of thing cannot be said by a "neutral" reporter, especially during a pre-match interview.

The racing committee may not care about such things, but if the horse girl who leaked the information loses the race, the reporter will be criticized by fans with thunderous public pressure, and may even lose his job and be unable to gain a foothold in the industry.

Similar things seem to have happened in League of Legends games.

"Hehe, what's the tortoise and the hare race? Who cares!"

Twin Turbine quickly waved his hands and slapped the table, "With Xiaoba's strength, he can easily outrun them and win the Spring Emperor Award!"

"Even if that old ancestor of the Mejiro family came, he would definitely not be a match for Xiaoba!"

"Why don't we just write a letter of challenge?"

Watching the twin turbos driving the team house's rhythm, Minamisaka stroked his forehead. "Aren't we all interested in the tortoise and the hare race? How did it become a challenge to the Mejiro family?"

There is no problem in issuing a declaration of war between teams, but it is strange to issue a declaration of war between a team and a family.

As for the fact that the Mejiro family's ancestor couldn't outrun Barbatos himself, that's for sure. That horse girl, perhaps Oguruma or even Rudolph, symbolized the horse girls of that era. Without reaching legendary status, her physical function must have declined significantly, and she's likely no better than the Heisei Three Heroes, including Inari.

"No, the words on your letter of challenge are written wrong!"

"Hey, Twin Turbine, how come you can't even write? If the emperor finds out, it will definitely involve the academy."

"Think about the aura that Rudolph symbolizes. He told you, without a serious expression on his face, that the horse girls of Tresen Academy should study hard."

Barbatos and the others were talking to each other, and just when Nanban was complaining in his heart, Twin Turbine had already written the declaration of war, and its action power was directly MAX.

It would be great if this kind of motivation could be used more in practice.

Everyone is obviously very diligent in their usual practice, but why are these operational meetings held so frequently?

Normally, Umamusume competitions are most frequent in the second year after their debut. It's still okay for teams with fewer members, but it's definitely impossible for teams with more members to hold a combat meeting just for one competition.

Because there will always be other active Uma Musume who will participate in the competition, it is impossible to waste your practice time on other people's competitions.

Especially when the competition is particularly intense.

Therefore, experienced trainers always formulate battle plans for each horse girl individually.

Well, that's true.

but……

Nanban pondered for a moment, imagining the days without combat meetings. It seemed that something would really be missing. Has the combat meeting become a tradition in Canopus?

Thinking of this, looking at the people who were helping the twin-turbo to correct the problem, Nanban couldn't help but smile like an old father.

It feels so good to see them like this.

"Oh!"

There was a loud sound of the door opening, and Twin Turbine ran out of the team building with the declaration of war that had been corrected countless times in her hand, and ran outside. She wanted to deliver the declaration of war to the Mejiro family!

……

Under the sunset.

On the way to the cafeteria.

Barbatos held Xingyun Tiankong's hand and said with interest, "I wonder if Twin Turbine has sent out the letter of challenge."

Curiosity about the tortoise and the hare is just curiosity. Since even Minamisaka doesn't know what this story represents, all I have to do is wait until the Emperor's Award is over and ask Mejiro Mitsuaki.

As for the ancestor of the Mejiro family, it doesn't matter who he is. He is a remnant of the old era and needs to be respected, but not revered.

The matter of the declaration of war is actually insignificant. It can be understood as Canopus's emphasis on the Emperor's reward and Barbatos's emphasis on Mejiro Mitsuaki. It will not cause any unhappiness between them and the Mejiro family.

The main thing is that if Twin Turbo wants to give away, no one will stop it. If Twin Turbo and Ulala can both liven up the atmosphere in the team and have a good relationship, then compared to Ulala, Twin Turbo is more like a group pet, and often does things that make everyone can't help but complain or smile knowingly.

"Is there a possibility?"

Nebula Sky smiled slightly, "Can't Twin Turbine find where the Mejiro family is?"

"Hiss, it seems like this is really possible?"

Barbatos took a deep breath, slowed down his pace, thought for a moment, and took out his cell phone to call Twin Turbo on LINE to ask her not to get lost in the deep mountains and forests and encounter any danger. After all, even she herself didn't know where the Mejiro family was.

After a while, he communicated with Twin Turbine who really couldn't find Mejiro's house, and successfully postponed Twin Turbine's plan to declare war, so that Twin Turbine would not get lost outside the school late at night and put down his phone.

"You are worthy of being my Master Xingxing. You have guessed it..."

"Ba-chan! Hoshi-chan!"

A voice interrupted Barbatos' words, and Te Te Zhou's figure came from not far away, followed by the other members of Spica, obviously preparing to go to the school cafeteria together.

"Xiao Te."

I greeted Te Bie Zhou and the other Spica members.